April 22, 2009 — The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued a committee opinion on routine pelvic examination and cervical cytology screening that will be published in ...

Furthermore, we have no data to date showing that detecting ovarian cancer early makes a difference in terms of outcomes. The evidence for lack of benefit even with transvaginal ultrasound made us ...

Have you been receiving an annual pelvic exam every year since you were 18, like me? Though it's no root canal or bone marrow transplant, pelvic exams are hardly comfortable or pleasant. Moreover, ...

It’s the latest battle over screening: Should healthy women skip annual pelvic exams? A controversial recommendation last year by the American College of Physicians (ACP), which represents the ...

It's the latest battle over screening: Should healthy women skip annual pelvic exams? A controversial recommendation last year by the American College of Physicians, which represents the nation's ...

A panel of experts says it's still not clear if routine pelvic exams are necessary for low-risk women. A new statement from the Preventive Services Task Force finds there is not enough evidence to ...

There are new questions about routine pelvic exams for healthy women, according to draft recommendations released Tuesday by the influential U. S. Preventive Services Task Force. The task force ...

An influential advisory panel says there's not enough evidence to determine whether annual pelvic exams should be routine for women who aren't pregnant and have no symptoms of disease. "We basically ...

An annual pelvic exam has long been a routine part of women’s health care, but new guidelines say there’s no good reason for it, according to a release by Sharp HealthCare in San Diego. The ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Ladies, do you really need to have another pelvic exam? The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, a panel of health experts, says there isn't enough evidence to recommend for or ...

An estimated 1.4 million adolescent girls and young women in the U.S. might have received an unnecessary pelvic exam between 2011 and 2017, according to a new study. And an estimated 1.6 million might ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you feel anxious when you have to see a gynecologist? If you answered yes, you're not alone. More than half of the women ...