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The issue of gender segregation has been growing more heated in Israel, and there's an ironic twist to the latest incident. A major conference on gynecology is only featuring male presenters, because really, what the hell do female researchers know about the functions of the wily vagina? More »
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Getting a gynecological exam can be nerve-wracking under the best of circumstances. But for one woman, it included an aggressive sales pitch for labiaplasty. More »
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Many women are concerned that once they're in labor, their doctors will ignore their birth plan. Halina Jane Gillett is suing Professor Jeffrey Robinson, one of Australia's most respected obstetricians, because she says he disregarded a request for a caesarean — from Gillett's mother in 1985. Instead, Robinson chose to deliver her using forceps, which she claims left her with a debilitating condition. More »
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A new study says women are getting tested for HPV too often. You'd be forgiven for being confused. More »
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Why else would she Tweet a picture like this? More »
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Once, during a painful examination, a female gynecologist snapped at me, "You think this is hard for you? Imagine how I feel." According to a tidbit in the Times today, I might be better off with a male doctor. More »
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Friday's 20/20 is about women who experience vaginal pain during sex, or even walking and sitting. There are several biological explanations, but in Good Morning America's preview at left, one woman says numerous doctors insisted her pain was just psychological. More »
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Two years ago, a German gynecologist began training blind women to use their heightened sense of touch to detect lumps in patients' breasts. So far, the 10 trainees have found more and smaller tumors than doctors in 450 cases. [CNN] More »
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A new study suggests that a single screening with a DNA test for HPV is more effective than all current methods of detecting cervical cancer. Some doctors say the easier test will replace Pap smears. More »
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Melissa Harris-Lacewell is a Princeton professor and a political pundit. She also has fibroids, and last month Harris-Lacewell had a hysterectomy. Fibroids are "growths in the uterus that appear during the reproductive years," as they're described in this companion piece to Lacewell's article on the Root.com. That description makes fibroids sound relatively benign, but the truth of the matter is that for Lacewell and many other African American women, fibroids can mean pain and massive blood loss, and because not many people talk about them, fibroids can evoke feelings of shame. "'Woman troubles' are not polite conversation," Harris-Lacewell writes. "Fibroid symptoms can be degrading and embarrassing. The possibility of losing our reproductive capacity makes fibroids hard to confront. But our silence has real consequences...Because we don't talk about it in public, there is little pressure from black communities on the medical establishment to find better alternatives for alleviating our suffering." More »
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