A small cloth covered my eyes and I felt myself gliding backwards into the large metal cylinder. I heard a soft hum and then rhythmic clicking. I focused on the sound of my own breathing.

I was having a CT scan of my head. This was two weeks ago.

At the time, the thought circulating through my head—yes, the one that was being radiologically sliced and imaged and analyzed—was this: being a patient really kinda sucks.

Angelina Jolie has opened up to the world—today, in a New York Times story called "My Medical Choice" that carries her byline—revealing that she just completed a series of surgeries to remove, and reconstruct, both her breasts.

Used to be, getting a pap was your yearly routine. But things have changed. Have you tried to book an appointment lately? You may have noticed some policy changes at your doctor’s office. And these changes are causing a fair bit of confusion.

On our YMC Facebook page recently, a member asked: Why do women now have to wait 3 years to get a pap done? Why is this service no longer available during an annual physical?

Are you wondering the same thing? Well, here’s the deal.