Ask any woman how she feels about getting an annual pelvic exam and she may involuntarily pull her knees together and cringe. It's not exactly something she looks forward to. With a growing number of ...

It’s the latest battle over screening: Should healthy women skip annual pelvic exams? A controversial recommendation last year by the American College of Physicians (ACP), which represents the ...

The annual pelvic exam has been routinely performed on American women for decades. Controversy over the effectiveness vs. the “embarrassment factor” has recently taken center stage. Dr. Kirtly Jones ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several stories over the past few years have shown some patients have been victimized during medical exams. Here's how to protect ...

We know, we know: We should go to the doctor more regularly to make sure everything is in order, but finding the time isn’t always easy. However, it could save your life. Prevention, or catching ...

As a physician, my beliefs about the annual doctor’s visit might be blasphemous. I sometimes wonder whether these encounters are useful. Sympathetically, Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, a professor of health care ...

A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology is questioning the perceived wisdom of the annual pelvic exam, not just as an important means of screening for ovarian cancer ...

My husband hasn’t seen a doctor in at least five years. His last visit came when I insisted on taking him to the emergency room for help extracting a shard of wood he’d accidentally stepped on. Dave, ...