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The american college of physicians and obstetrics and gynecology support having a pelvic exam is uncomfortable for patients, but justified if the patient has a medical need. if they are having a pap test or std testing or just before a surgical abortion so i can understand her pelvic anatomy before i perform her abortion. it's health care. a patient about to have a colonoscopy has a rectal exam just before, but not three days in advance. >> you made a remarkable decision that you are going to stop going along with what the state government of missouri has been making you do for the past three ...

By the governor or department of health in missouri. >> when the state decided to newly interpret regulations and state laws to require you to do this new exam that you didn't have to do before, the one that you've just described in vivid terms, did they warn you they were making this change in interpretation? did they tell you why they were doing it? did they give you any indication what they think this is for? >> i honestly don't have a good explanation for why. there's no medical or legal justification. the american college of obstetrics and gynecology, which i'm a member of, the american c...

Prime minister says he will release a preliminary report on flight 370 next week. he says he's not ready to officially declare the plane is lost yet. at a news conference in south korea this morning president obama said the u.s. stands shoulder to shoulder with seoul against threats to security on the korean peninsula. north korea reportedly completed all the preliminary steps necessary for a new underground weapons test. the president offered condolences to victims' families in the ferry disaster. the fda approved alternative to the pap smear, longstanding screening option for cervical an...

>> shepard: you might consider saying no to the scan the next time you hit your head. a group representing some 350,000 doctors today added to its list of overused and almost always unnecessary tests and treatments. many of those procedures common practice. for instance, these doctors say most people should avoid mris or other types of imaging for lower back pain. they say stress tests basically useless. for folks with no signs of heart disease. and that an annual pap test is not necessary for healthy women over the age of 30. they say every three years is just fine. often times they say these...

Home from school since thursday. not because he's sick but because his parents refuse to give him the shot and the school is like, until you get one, do not come back in these halls. so the kid is not sick, but the school is keeping him at home because he has not gotten the shot yet. that's how scared folks are getting. >> i wonder why parents don't want to give their children the flu shot. there are all these urban legends out there that say you'll get sick from the flu shot. but that's just really not true. i mean, i made sure my children had it. >> it's crazy. but apparently this young man ...