This legislation ensures informed consent for invasive pelvic and rectal exams, at last giving patients the decision-making power that we all deserve about our own bodies,” said Rep. Elizabeth ...

While some regional medical institutions have banned the practice, there was no statewide ban to prevent physicians or medical students from conducting invasive pelvic exams, even when they were ...

Blood levels of prostate-specific antigen and results of prostate biopsy and digital rectal exam offer useful information, but when there is a high index of suspicion that the disease has spread, ...