For a woman who had spent the previous evening sprawled across an examining table, receiving what she estimated was her For a woman who had spent the previous evening sprawled across an examining ...

A pelvic exam does not improve a physician's ability to diagnose certain sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in adolescent female patients. That is chief among several reasons why the exam's "routine ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Almost any woman will tell you that it's not her gynecologist she dislikes -- it's the logistics of the annual pelvic exam, starting with the stirrups. The exam's purpose is to ...

Teen girl talking to doctor Pelvic exam doesn't add to history for diagnosis of STIs in young females with suspected cervicitis, PID. HealthDay News — Pelvic examination does not increase the ...

There are many common practices in medicine that are completely useless. For example, it was once common for patients to get a chest X-ray as part of their yearly physical. Someone finally questioned ...

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 ...

A digital rectal exam, by itself, is not adequate screening for colorectal cancer -- nor is testing a single stool specimen for fecal occult blood. [1] Therefore, routine assessment of the rectum is ...