July 6, 2011
With the news that annual pelvic exams (pap or smear tests, depending on your geography) might not be necessary, women across the world are cheering the end of the stirrups. A year after the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists relaxed the exam requirements, a new article in the Journal of Women’s Health suggests they’re ...
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January 30, 2010
You’re lying there unconscious. Without your consent a guy slides something inside of you to get a better look. Rape? Nope. Merely a teaching exercise for medical students to learn about pelvic exams. In Canada is it common practice for surgery patients to be subjected to pelvic exams while they are still unconscious from surgery ...