The Friedman curve, the gold standard for rates of cervical dilation and fetal descent during active labor, was developed almost 50 years ago. To define a modern curve for normal labor, these ...

These early contractions will prepare the cervix; the ripening of the cervix must occur before cervical dilation takes place. In women who are pregnant for the first time, complete softening of the ...

Recently, in a significant shift toward accessible, patient-driven health care, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first at-home cervical ... sexual assault kits (SAKs), at a time ...

The Teal Wand was recently approved by the FDA as the first self-collection device to screen for cervical cancer, a major step forward for accessible women’s health, according to Rahma S. Mkuu, Ph.D., ...

Conditions that might lead an OB/GYN to recommend against having sex, according to Tang, include an early cervical dilation or weakening, concern about risk of uterine infection, placenta covering ...