Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The speculum — the medical device used during pelvic exams — hasn't changed much in 170 years. (Getty Images; illustration: ...

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 ...

Every year millions of women trek to their gynecologist or other healthcare provider and reluctantly climb into the stirrups. Though no one particularly likes a pelvic exam, most women put up with the ...

It’s on the calendar. It’s coming soon. Your first gynecological exam. For some young women, this may be particularly anxiety-inducing. Women's health expert Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones walks you through ...

A pelvic exam involves physically and visually examining the female reproductive and sexual organs. It allows a doctor to look for signs of infection and illness. Doctors often perform pelvic exams to ...

The routine pelvic exam endured by healthy women at their physician’s office is a yearly ritual that frequently produces pain, anxiety and embarrassment in return for no documented benefit, and it ...

A pelvic exam is an examination of the internal pelvic organs and external genitalia. This includes the vagina, vulva, uterus, cervix, rectum, ovaries, and fallopian tubes. Your healthcare provider ...