She started out by measuring her daughter’s bottom pelvis bones and then mapped out an idea for a wedge-like device that could be placed underneath women during pelvic exams. She went on to ...

This holiday season in Nelson, help purchase a state-of-the-art ultrasound system for Kootenay Lake Hospital. This advanced ...

Last year, Hannah Shacter learned to perform a procedure known to invoke anxiety among medical students: the infamous pelvic exam. But the third-year medical student may have been among the last batch ...

Rachel Harrison went to Mercy San Juan in Carmichael, where she was told to pass her 17-week miscarriage at home.

Levator ani syndrome (LAS) is a pelvic floor disorder that causes chronic rectal or vaginal pain. LAS pain is typically dull but long-lasting and felt deep inside your pelvis. The pain is due to ...

Cabinet Peaks Medical Center has added a new tool to its health care arsenal. The hospital, in a recent press release, announced the addition of a new, state-of-the-art magnetic resonance system.

That patient alleged that during a pelvic exam a decade ago ... listed online in physician directories for Southern California Hospital Culver City and Monterey Park Hospital.

If you are asked to remove clothing, you will be given a gown to wear. You will lie on an exam table on your back, side or stomach, depending on the specific area to be examined. Ultrasound gel is ...

Simply defined, a cystocele is a protrusion of the bladder into the vagina due to defects in pelvic support (Fig ... cystocele," can be seen on physical exam as a loss of the superior lateral ...

Vaginismus is currently defined as an involuntary vaginal muscle spasm interfering with sexual intercourse that is relatively easy to diagnose and treat. As a result, there has been a lack of ...

After Roe was overturned, the laws in Texas tightened further, so that abortion was banned at any phase of pregnancy, unless ...

Objectives A significant number of women may experience urinary incontinence (UI) during pregnancy. While lifestyle modifications are recommended as important measures for preventing and treating UI, ...