Lawmakers want to require informed patient consent for some medical procedures. A bill moving through the legislature would ...

For many patients, lack of insurance, limited access to providers, and other logistical hurdles stand in the way of getting ...

Period cramps can be common—but they shouldn’t take over your life. Learn how to tell the difference between normal ...

More than 500 former patients are suing Barry J. Brock and facilities where he worked, saying the gynecologist’s misconduct was knowingly concealed.

- In women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI), continence surgery at the same time as POP surgery likely improves rates of SUI after surgery. In continent women ...

A young girl was at home doing a handstand when her mother noticed something unusual -- a second, tiny opening just behind her anus.

Drugmaker Novartis’ Super Bowl ad explained that prostate cancer screening starts with a simple blood test, aiming to dispel fear of an exam for a treatable cancer.

Many women recognise the pattern. A routine procedure takes longer than expected. It’s more uncomfortable than promised. The doctor reassures them that this sometimes happens, or suggests anxiety or ...

"My parents always drilled that into my head."  So, it was somewhat ironic that it was an unscheduled cancer screening that led to her doctor discovering Danielle had cervical cancer. Danielle was 29 ...

It's a great joy for a woman, after all the complications, injections, numerous doctor visits, punctures, anesthesia, tr ...

A nulliparous woman in her 40s presented with abdominal pain and dyspnoea during the second trimester of pregnancy. Ultrasonography revealed two large abdominal masses: the upper lesion occupied the ...