This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The first time I did a pelvic exam on a real ...

For Alexis Morgan, pelvic exams are "extremely traumatic." When she was a child, Morgan, now 36, said, she was sexually assaulted multiple times by a pediatrician under the guise of pelvic exams - a ...

Daniella Mohazab didn’t know what to expect from her first pelvic exam in 2016. The University of Southern California sophomore, then 19, was startled when her doctor examined her vagina for several ...

A pelvic exam checks your pelvic organs to find infections or medical issues. You may need a pelvic exam if you have unusual discharge or pelvic pain. Women 21 or older should have a pelvic exam every ...

If you feel pretty damn proud of yourself for scheduling a Pap smear or pelvic exam, we don’t blame you. This kind of preventive care is incredibly important but also easy to put off or cut from your ...

Pelvic exams play a pivotal role in medical education, often representing the first time medical students touch real humans in a professional manner. In her new book “Feeling Medicine,” published by ...

Daniella Mohazab didn’t know what to expect from her first pelvic exam in 2016. The University of Southern California sophomore, then 19, was startled when her doctor examined her vagina for several ...