A pelvic exam is a way for doctors to look for signs of illness in organs in a woman's body before, during, and after menopause. The word "pelvic" refers to the pelvis. The exam is used to look at a ...

It’s pretty much guaranteed that no woman is stoked to get a regular pelvic exam, but we do it because we’re told it’s an important part of our reproductive health. Pelvic exams, which can include ...

Every year millions of women trek to their gynecologist or other healthcare provider and reluctantly climb into the stirrups. Though no one particularly likes a pelvic exam, most women put up with the ...

Medical schools and students are grappling with an unsettling practice: Performing pelvic exams on unconscious, non-consenting patients. Ashley Weitz, who received an unauthorized pelvic exam in 2007, ...

This is a story about conflicting medical advice. One group of doctors, represented by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, recommends yearly pelvic exams for all women 21 years of ...

my gynecologist asked as I scooted back on the pelvic exam table, the crinkly white paper bunching up under my bare butt. I was recoiling at the sight of the cold speculum she was wielding, and my ...

On 19 September 2018, Bust magazine highlighted the disturbing fact that doctors and medical students regularly, and legally, give anesthetized patients non-consensual pelvic exams. The practice was ...

Before patients undergo intimate physical exams, including ones performed under anesthesia, hospitals must obtain written informed consent — or risk federal funding. That’s according to new guidance ...

A pelvic exam is a doctor’s visual and physical examination of a woman’s reproductive organs. During the exam, the doctor inspects the vagina, cervix, fallopian tubes, vulva, ovaries, and uterus.

Because a Pap test is typically done during a routine pelvic exam, you should schedule the exam when you are not having your period. In addition, for 48 hours prior to the exam, you should not: You ...