The American College of Physicians says annual pelvic exams aren't necessary for healthy women and could be harmful. But not all doctors agree,... The American College of Physicians said Monday that ...

Editor's note: CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is the author of "The Empowered Patient." The opinions expressed in this article are solely hers. (CNN) -- Ladies: I know you've heard ...

It's the annual appointment every woman dreads: Her pelvic exam. Though uncomfortable and unpleasant—after all, how else would you describe placing your feet in stirrups, paper gown crinkling as you ...

Cold (Dis)comfort The idea of an annual pelvic exam makes many women cringe, and not just because it involves lying half-naked on a table; there's also something vaguely torturous about sticking your ...

The powers of Google likely led you here because it's 2 a.m. and everyone in the group chat—aka the sacred space for you and your girls' most personal and dire questions—is already asleep. Sigh. Maybe ...

Mar. 23 -- FRIDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Women who know they should get regular Pap smears but dread the stirrups that go along with the test may finally get a reprieve. New research shows that ...

Healthy girls typically don’t need to confront the speculum and stirrups until at least age 21, and yet most young women still do. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and UC ...

Say you go in for surgery. At some teaching hospitals, a medical student might put your legs in stirrups and give you a pelvic exam--that you didn't need and didn't sign up for--while you're ...