The Gynecological Exam Is Finally Getting a Makeover

Turns out there’s a better way to assess women’s reproductive health than an annual exam with a cold speculum

Mariana Lenharo
Elemental
Published in
7 min readSep 16, 2019

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Illustration: Haleigh Mun

TThe gynecological examination — compromising position, cold speculum, occasional cringey swab — has been an integral and infamous part of women’s health care in some form since around the 19th…

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Mariana Lenharo
Elemental

Science and health journalist with a special interest in evidence-based medicine and epidemics. Columbia Journalism School alumna. mari.lenharo@gmail.com.