A pelvic exam is an examination of the internal pelvic organs and external genitalia. This includes the vagina, vulva, uterus, cervix, rectum, ovaries, and fallopian tubes. Your healthcare provider ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — No more dreaded pelvic exam? New guidelines say most healthy women can skip the yearly ritual. Routine pelvic exams don’t benefit women who have no symptoms of disease and who aren’t ...

Draft recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) say there is insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms for the use of pelvic examinations to detect ...

(Reuters Health) - Although guidelines say most women under age 21 don't need pelvic exams or cervical cancer screenings, a U.S. study suggests many still get these invasive tests. Nationwide, an ...

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 ...

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 ...

I receive a lot of questions regarding when an adolescent girl should begin having a gynecologic exam. I read an recent article in the September issue of Pediatrics that reviewed the indications for ...

A transvaginal ultrasound can provide more detailed images than an abdominal ultrasound and may be needed in late pregnancy.