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Some gynecological procedures can be incredibly painful, and now medical experts are acknowledging the need for change. Women ...
The guidelines acknowledge the range of pain experiences but also the problematic history of clinicians inadequately ...
Women should be offered pain management before an intrauterine device placement and get counseling on different options for ...
An 18-year-old woman told doctors she was experiencing uncontrollable pain. They dismissed her concerns, only to later learn she had a large cyst on one of her ovaries. She underwent emergency surgery ...
Why Australian women are missing out on the IUD and how better education can change the game for women’s contraception.
A major medical group now recommends pain-blocking treatments for IUD insertion and other procedures amid a growing ...
GYN guidelines urge providers to offer pain relief like lidocaine and pre-procedure consultations for IUDs, biopsies and more.
The key in the new guidance, according to ACOG, is that physicians need to counsel patients on their pain management options, ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Copper intrauterine devices (IUDs) are associated with an increased risk for several sexually transmitted ...
New guidelines validate IUD pain and signal a shift in how women's pain is treated. Here's what this means for patients, ...
Countless patients have suffered through in-office gynecological procedures like IUD insertions or cervical ... physicians experimented on enslaved women who were not able to consent or object.