In 2016, Katie* had just started her first clinical rotation for the Yale School of Medicine. For six weeks, she would work in Bridgeport Hospital’s ob-gyn department, during which time she’d be ...

When you’re under anesthesia, you shouldn’t have to worry that a medical student will perform a pelvic exam without your consent. But in Michigan, no state law forbids a medical student to perform ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON and JESSE BEDAYN (Associated Press/Report for America) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level ...

A medical ethicist is urging all teaching hospitals to abandon the tradition of allowing medical students to perform practice pelvic exams on unresponsive, sedated women who have not given consent to ...

Many women assume pelvic floor health issues are simply their fate—part of having vaginal deliveries, getting older, gaining weight or entering menopause. Perhaps they have watched their mothers and ...

Materna Medical, Inc., a leading innovator in women’s pelvic health solutions, today announced the establishment of a new ICD ...

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARMS Medical, an exclusive distributor of DermaPure ® dermal allograft from TRX BioSurgery, today announced an important inflection point in adoption of this innovative human ...

As a medical student, Dr. Shawn Barnes had an experience that he says left him feeling ashamed and conflicted. During his rotation through the obstetrics and gynecology ward of a teaching hospital in ...

The American College of Physicians is recommending against pelvic exams that gynecologists have routinely performed for decades on nonpregnant, healthy women during their annual checkups. The ACP’s ...

Case series presented at the 2025 SOGH Annual Clinical Meeting shows that complete levator ani muscle avulsions did not fully heal over time, reinforcing the importance of risk reduction. MOUNTAIN ...

Mesh surgical implants used to repair pelvic organ prolapse in women, a condition that frequently develops after childbirth, will face tougher federal scrutiny following thousands of injuries reported ...