August 31, 2010 — A clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers recommendations for a gynecologic examination for adolescents in the pediatric office setting. The report, ...

Unnecessary testing may expose young women to “preventable harms,” including anxiety, false-positives, and treatment that isn’t needed, according to findings in JAMA Internal Medicine. About 1.4 ...

Female Sexual Function Improves After Lesion Surgery The majority of obstetrician-gynecologists perceive bimanual pelvic examinations as important for adult women of all ages, although the reasons ...

That awkward feet-in-the-stirrups moment when the doctor inserts two gloved fingers into your vagina to feel your cervix, uterus and ovaries while pressing down with the other hand on your abdomen may ...

The pelvic exam, a standard part of a woman’s gynecologic checkup, frequently is performed for reasons that are medically unjustified, according to the authors of a UCSF study that may lay the ...

The American College of Physicians said Monday that it strongly recommends against annual pelvic exams for healthy, low-risk women. In fact, the intrusive exams may do more harm than good for women ...

July 24, 2012 — The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued updated guidelines for annual "Well Woman" assessments with specific recommendations on when to perform pelvic ...

It turns out that the most uncomfortable and painful part of your annual gynecological exam is also pretty useless. So useless, in fact, that the American College of Physicians, the largest medical ...

The rectovaginal exam is not a particularly accurate screening exam. It is usually reserved for people who either have rectal or pelvic pain or are experiencing symptoms related to the genitourinary ...

The American College of Physicians said Monday that it strongly recommends against annual pelvic exams for healthy, low-risk women. In fact, the intrusive exams may do more harm than good for women ...