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

This sexually transmitted infection is almost entirely preventable. Here's what experts say you really need to know to ...

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

If you've been putting off scheduling your Pap smear-maybe for months, maybe longer-take a deep breath. There's no judgment ...

HHS released updated cervical cancer screening guidelines on Jan. 5, allowing for self-administered HPV tests as an ...

The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday announced updated cervical cancer screening guidelines, including ...

There's no need to worry about grooming before a pap smear, doctors say, but there are other considerations to keep in mind. There's no need to worry about grooming before a pap smear, doctors say, ...

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

So you went for your regular ob-gyn checkup, had a routine Pap smear...then promptly forgot about it as you continued your busy life. Now your doc has left you a message telling you that it came back ...

HPV detects 95 per cent of abnormalities and is more reliable than a Pap smear, which misses almost half of existing abnormalities 7 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration issued new recommendations on Monday that will eventually allow women ...

The Pap test has already reduced the incidence of cervical cancer by more than 60%. Now it may become a key step in the early detection of two other gynecological malignancies — ovarian and ...