Pap smears are screening tools to detect any abnormal changes in cervical cells which may indicate cancer or HPV.

Combining the two procedures allows for the removal of breast tissue and rebuilding the breast immediately, instead of doing ...

Mercy Hospital in Durango, the only hospital with labor and delivery services within 45 miles, plans to stop performing tubal ligation, a female sterilization procedure, in spring next year because ...

After Barbara Palvin underwent surgery for endometriosis, she revealed how life has been since been "like day and night" in ...

A transvaginal ultrasound can provide more detailed images than an abdominal ultrasound and may be needed in late pregnancy.

It had been a decade since Jess Deis’ last women’s wellness exam when Kentucky expanded Medicaid and she finally qualified ...

Cancer rates in young people are growing, and those in the GI tract are rising fastest of all. Here are five things to know about colorectal cancer from an expert.

An informed consent law in Michigan would ensure that patient wellbeing remains the focus of medical practices, even when ...

Dr. Jirik completed advanced fellowships in hepatology/transplant and gastroenterology, with clinical expertise in colorectal ...

Simple hysterectomy may result in little to no difference in the number of deaths from any cause, life expectancy after treatment, deaths from cancer, cancer-free period after treatment, or the rate ...