This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The first time I did a pelvic exam on a real ...

EXAMS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF WOMEN’S HEALTH, BUT WHEN SHOULD THEY BEGIN? WE ASK MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR TARA CHADWICK. IT SORT OF DEPENDS ON WHETHER YOU’RE HAVING AN ISSUE OR IF IT’S JUST A ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Doctors-in-training performing intimate exams on anesthetized or unconscious patients without their knowledge and without their consent — it's a little known practice in medicine ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious ...

For Alexis Morgan, pelvic exams are "extremely traumatic." When she was a child, Morgan, now 36, said, she was sexually assaulted multiple times by a pediatrician under the guise of pelvic exams - a ...