Transvaginal ultrasounds are solidly on the list of “medical procedures no one wants but you’ll probably need at some point anyway.” This type of ultrasound can be useful if your doctor needs to get a ...

Editor’s Note: Ford Vox is a physician specializing in rehabilitation medicine and a journalist based in Atlanta. He writes frequently for CNN Opinion. Follow him on Twitter @FordVox. The opinions ...

Women who have abnormal bleeding after menopause typically undergo a non-invasive procedure — a transvaginal ultrasound — to look for signs of uterine cancer. But research suggests that test misses ...

A Florida college that allegedly forced students to perform vaginal ultrasounds on each other as part of a medical training program has permanently banned the practice. Valencia State College's ...

Uterine cancer starts in the uterus. Doctors can order several tests, including blood and imaging tests, to diagnose and monitor the progression of this cancer. Cancer can form in two parts of the ...

A Republican legislator in Michigan has proposed legislation that would require women to go through an invasive procedure known as a transvaginal ultrasound before they could get an abortion. The bill ...

Michigan’s Republican House Speaker shut down a bill that would have forced women seeking an abortion to first undergo a transvaginal ultrasound, saying he has “absolutely no interest” in mandating ...

Transvaginal ultrasounds are solidly on the list of “medical procedures no one wants but you’ll probably need at some point anyway.” This type of ultrasound can be useful if your doctor needs to get a ...