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 ...

ST. LOUIS — Planned Parenthood of St. Louis, the last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri, confirmed it will no longer conduct pelvic exams 72 hours before performing the abortion procedure. Dr.

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 ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s only abortion clinic, already facing the threat of losing its license, says it will defy the state by refusing to perform a required pelvic examination days before an ...

Pelvic exams play a pivotal role in medical education, often representing the first time medical students touch real humans in a professional manner. In her new book “Feeling Medicine,” published by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Physician responses to patient expectations can affect physician incomes and may help explain lower incomes for many women, racialized, and immigrant physicians, found a new study published in the ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Some medical schools instruct students to practice pelvic exams on female patients who are under ...