Certifying Board Says Gynecologists Are Only Allowed to Treat Women
The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology has laid down a hard line: no boys allowed.
World's Worst Gyno Took Secret Photos of Thousands of Patient Exams
Going to the gyno is enough of a pain in the cervix without the fear that the doctor between your legs is snapping pictures without your knowledge. But, for 9,000 ex-patients of deceased Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy, that seemingly irrational fear may actually have been warranted. Bleargh.
Routine Pelvic Exams Might Be Totally Unnecessary
Getting fingered at your gyno's office once a year is a typically awkward experience, but it turns out that it might also be a pointless one. Experts are now saying that there is no medical evidence that supports the need for well women to get routine pelvic exams.
Pap Tests, While Horribly Uncomfortable, May Soon Be Able to Detect Up …
While a trip to the gynecologist is never a good time, it's still ridiculously important that you go regularly and soon it will be even more so. A new study suggests that a pap smear can, in addition to detecting cervical cancer, detect uterine and ovarian cancer.
Creepy 'Love Surgery' Performed on New Moms' Unwitting Vaginas
Dr. James C. Burt was a simple gynecologist with a simple goal: to make life better for the boners of husbands of women who just had their love-holes ruined by childbirth. And so, for more than 20 years starting in the mid-1960's, Dr. Burt would perform vagina-tightening surgery on his new mom patients without their…
Gynecologists Don’t Want to Hear About What Ladies Do with Their…
According to a self-flagellating report in what should be called the Journal of Sexual Healing but is instead prosaically named the Journal of Sexual Medicine, a national survey of OB-GYN sexual history screenings have revealed that doctors are shying away from discussing sexy times with their patients.
Israeli Conference Says Female Doctors Have No Business Talking About…
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?
Worst Gyno Ever Pressures Woman To Get Labiaplasty
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.
25-Year-Old Woman Sues Doctor For Not Delivering Her Via C-Section
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 …
You're Getting Tested For HPV Too Often, Apparently
A new study says women are getting tested for HPV too often. You'd be forgiven for being confused.
Do Men Make Better Gynecologists?
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.
Woman's Extreme Vaginal Pain Misdiagnosed By 15 Doctors
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.
The Blind Leading The Blind
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]
Pap Smears May Be Replaced By HPV Testing
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.
Don't Be Afraid To Air Your Lady Problems In Public
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…