An MRI scan uses magnets and radio waves to capture images inside your body without making a surgical incision. The scan allows your doctor to see the soft tissues of the body, such as muscles and ...

Last week, I returned to my alma mater to teach the new class of student midwives and women’s health nurse practitioners. I didn’t give a lecture. I was there as a pelvic model. I was one of several ...

A pelvic ultrasound lets your doctor see inside the area from your belly to your legs. Your doctor may use it to look for abnormalities in any of your internal organs or in a developing fetus. (Photo ...

No, replied Amanda Struiksma. It was in fact her eighth — in less than an hour. Struiksma is a “model patient,” helping first-year internal medicine residents from the University of Washington learn ...