Doctors question need for yearly pelvic exams

Healthy adult women don't need Pap smears every year and that time could be spent on other more pressing health matters, a group of doctors reports. Not all healthcare providers agree.It's an annual rite most women would prefer to skip: a trip to the doctor for a checkup that includes shedding every stitch of clothing, donning a paper gown, placing feet in metal stirrups and enduring a pelvic exam.

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