Hospitals performing pelvic and other sensitive exams for training purposes without patients’ explicit consent, including on anesthetized patients, won’t be eligible for Medicare and Medicaid ...

Most women receive regular pelvic and breast exams as part of their routine care. But last month, dozens of patients filed a class action suit against a former Brigham and Women’s Hospital ...

Michigan currently has no state law preventing medical students from performing pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without their consent. Surveys indicate that nonconsensual exams are common for ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new Pennsylvania law will require doctors to get a patient’s verbal and written consent before medical students can perform pelvic or rectal exams on someone who receives ...

The American College of Physicians recommended Monday that doctors refrain from doing internal pelvic exams on nonpregnant adult women with no symptoms of disease. As an ovarian cancer survivor, I ...