Amid ethics concerns, some of the nation’s leading medical schools have quietly modified a decades-old system of training students how to do gynecological exams by having them practice on anesthetized ...

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 ...

It’s on the calendar. It’s coming soon. Your first gynecological exam. For some young women, this may be particularly anxiety-inducing. Women's health expert Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones walks you through ...

Gassing up at the gynecologic exam A nurse practitioner shares a tip for teaching students how to insert a speculum and locate the cervix. I precept in the obstetrics/gynecology clinic, and teaching ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: At what age should a teenage girl have her first Pap smear and gynecologic exam? Should this be done by a pediatrician or another provider? Pelvic exams and Pap smears are not ...