A Pap smear is a routine, sometimes uncomfortable, gynecological test that can detect abnormal cervical cells before they ...

While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...

If you feel pretty damn proud of yourself for scheduling a Pap smear or pelvic exam, we don’t blame you. This kind of preventive care is incredibly important but also easy to put off or cut from your ...

Self-administered HPV tests involve inserting a plastic tube — similar to a tampon — into the vagina, then twisting the ...

A doctor and public health expert explains why the new federal guidelines expanding cervical cancer screening to at-home ...

The guidelines, published Jan. 5 by the Health Resources and Services Administration, now recommend that average-risk women ...

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and according to the American Association for Cancer Research, the United States ...

A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical ...

More than half of pelvic examinations and almost three-quarters of Pap tests performed on young U.S. women from 2011 through 2017 were potentially unnecessary, a study published in JAMA Internal ...

Screening of cervical cancer is an important part of a routine health check-up for women because it helps to identify any ...

Women under the age of 21 no longer need pelvic examinations or cervical cancer screenings such as Pap smear, a new study suggests. Image Credit: Iryna Inshyna / Shutterstock.com In the United States, ...

It may have gotten lost in all of the furor surrounding a federal task force's updated mammography guidelines, but revised Pap test recommendations also were released last week. Women should have ...