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There’s great news for women who dread that annual pelvic exam (i.e. basically everyone). On Tuesday, a panel made up of medical experts that advise the government said that there’s not enough evidence to support doing them for women who are healthy and not pregnant. The conclusion, issued as a draft recommendation by the U.S.… Continue reading The days of the dreaded annual pelvic exam for women may be numbered

It is right that we constantly should be testing our assumptions about what keeps us healthy and what puts us at risk. New ideas and evidence that challenge current behaviors must be taken into consideration. But “new” isn’t necessarily better, and many of our current practices – despite alternatives that by their very newness might… Continue reading When It Comes To Cervical Cancer, Two Tests Are Better — And Cheaper — Than One