Janine, a nurse in Arizona, checked into the hospital for stomach surgery in 2017. Before the procedure, she told her physician that she did not want medical students to be directly involved. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The speculum — the medical device used during pelvic exams — hasn't changed much in 170 years. (Getty Images; illustration: ...

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 ...

Janine, a nurse in Arizona, checked into the hospital for stomach surgery in 2017. Before the procedure, she told her physician that she did not want medical students to be directly involved. But ...

The Well Woman Exam is the time to meet with your healthcare provider who will screen you for possible reproductive health problems and discuss your concerns. It is important that you have the exams ...

Have you been receiving an annual pelvic exam every year since you were 18, like me? Though it's no root canal or bone marrow transplant, pelvic exams are hardly comfortable or pleasant. Moreover, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new batch of states is looking to legislate the level of informed consent required for medical students to perform pelvic exams on unconscious patients for educational purposes.

Anyone who has ever had been screened for cervical cancer, aka gotten a Pap smear, during a pelvic exam knows how uncomfortable it can be — and the speculum plays a key role in that. The ...