Draft recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) say there is insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms for the use of pelvic examinations to detect ...

It is unlikely that single screening for chlamydia will prevent women developing pelvic inflammatory disease in the following year, according to research published in the British Medical Journal today ...

New guidelines recommend against pelvic screening Pelvic examinations had a predictive value of less than 4% for detecting ovarian cancer. HealthDay News — The American College of Physicians (ACP) ...

The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued new clinical guidelines recommending against screening pelvic examination in asymptomatic, nonpregnant, adult women. The college describes the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A screening test for chlamydia may not reduce the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in women, according ...

The current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of performing screening pelvic examinations in asymptomatic, nonpregnant adult women for the early detection and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . No direct evidence supports the overall benefits or harms of one-time or periodic screening pelvic examinations ...

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) affects females younger than 21 and screening for HIV and syphilis is generally lower for the condition. Hence, an increased need for clinician education. Low HIV and ...

A standard part of a woman's gynecologic checkup, the pelvic exam, frequently is performed for reasons that are medically unjustified. A standard part of a woman's gynecologic checkup, the pelvic exam ...

It is unlikely that single screening for chlamydia will prevent women developing pelvic inflammatory disease in the following year, according to new research. It is unlikely that single screening for ...