Say goodbye to the dreaded Pap smear. While skipping it has long been a major gyno-no, the annual health checkup for cervical ...

Federal guidelines are expanding the options for cervical cancer screenings beyond the often-disliked Pap smear ...

Doctors typically swab a patient’s cervix in clinical settings to test for high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus, an ...

Say goodbye to that painful speculum. Soon, women across the U.S. will be able to conduct their very own at-home Pap smear test, thanks to a new tool approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind at-home cervical cancer screening tool in an effort to provide a more accessible alternative to Pap smear tests. The goal ...

Let's be honest: Pap smears are terrible. Every year, I stare at the ceiling and try my hardest to ignore the scraping of my insides. In the age of AI chatbots and self-driving cars, how has no one ...

A pap smear (or pap test) is a screening for cervical cancer. It involves taking cells from the cervix and vagina and examining them under a microscope. The test is looking for cervical ...

Let's face it, smear tests aren't exactly the sexiest subject, and facing one when you're on your period adds an extra dose of awks. A smear test (or cervical screening, to give it its proper name) ...

For some, smear tests can be an uncomfortable topic. Some people are too embarrassed to have one and others put the appointment off because they are simply scared. A new survey has revealed that some ...