A pelvic exam is a way for doctors to look for signs of illness in organs in a woman's body before, during, and after menopause. The word "pelvic" refers to the pelvis. The exam is used to look at ...

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 ...

Here, she explains why the shocking history of the pelvic exam is inherently political – and what all women should know about it. We and our 54 partners store and access personal data ...

adding that most patients tend to find it less uncomfortable than a typical pelvic exam or pap smear since the ultrasound probe is smaller than a speculum. "The most important thing to do is to ...