To test Semenya's gender, Dr. Bowen-Simpkins said the IAAF test would involve her being examined by a gynecologist to see what her genitals look like.
Women in their 20s with no previous problems should visit a gynecologist at least once every three years, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
There is something especially nasty, and not entirely far-fetched, in the notion that this Mengele-like monster has, in the East Germany of the sixties, forged a new identity as a gynecologist.
From interviews with a gynecologist, a cardiologist, a rehabilitative medicine specialist, a fertility doctor and an internist, here are the Top 10 things patients do to mess up their own care.
Under IAAF rules, any time there is suspicion about an athlete's gender, the athlete can be asked to attend a medical evaluation before a panel consisting of a gynecologist, an endocrinologist, a psychologist, an internal medicine specialist and an expert on gender issues.
Two years after her wedding and still not pregnant, the 26-year-old visited a gynecologist, who diagnosed her with polycystic ovary syndrome, an endocrine disorder that can cause women to stop ovulating, gain unusual weight, develop irregular periods or skin problems and grow abnormal facial and body hair.
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Following her divorce Gail moved back to her home state and needed to find a new gynecologist.
On a routine visit to a new obstetrics-gynecologist, a woman recalls being recommended hormone replacement therapy to prevent osteoporosis.
"I had bet my retirement, " says Bernard Cantor, a Florida gynecologist who is looking for work after the ultrasound chain he invested in shut down in December.
It would be hard for me to imagine that doctors could be susceptible had it not been for a friend who called me in a panic after her gynecologist recommended the test.
Dr. Amy Tuteur, an obstetrician gynecologist, wrote a post on her Skeptical OB blog: Breastfeeding while drunk?
But about a year ago, her gynecologist suggested adding another test that the American Cancer Society and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommend.
If he is found guilty, Gosnell, who is not a board-certified obstetrician or gynecologist, could be sentenced to death.
If found guilty of first-degree murder, Gosnell, who is not a board-certified obstetrician or gynecologist, could be sentenced to death.
Additionally, Gosnell, who is not a board-certified obstetrician or gynecologist, was found guilty of 21 counts of abortion of the unborn, 24 weeks or older.
Gosnell, who is not a board-certified obstetrician or gynecologist, was also found guilty of 21 counts of abortion of the unborn, 24 weeks or older.
Gynecologists raised questions about selection bias in a two-year study released last year by Mayo Clinic gynecologist Elizabeth Stewart.
She had been undergoing a procedure for the removal of an ovarian cyst when the gynecologist who was operating on her discovered that she had metastatic colon cancer.
He and his wife, obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Olga von Lipinski, were having dinner with a group of doctors.
Someone I know used to tell her husband, when a particularly high credit-card statement arrived, that Christian Louboutin was her gynecologist.
Dr. CO PHAM (Gynecologist): And one time called the police in, telling them that they have put a bomb in my office here.
The gynecologist on hand didn't find any signs of life, so he passed the baby to a neonatal doctor who also didn't find vital signs, Meirino said.
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