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 ...

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 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 ...

Because a Pap test is typically done during a routine pelvic exam, you should schedule the exam when you are not having your period. In addition, for 48 hours prior to the exam, you should not: You ...

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 included in a 2009 study published in the journal Midwifery felt anxious or ...