Women should get a pap smear every three years because it can detect early warning signs of cervical cancer.

Regular Pap smears are a vital part of women's health care. Women need to get a pap smear every three years [Health] Taking care of your health is incredibly important, and one of the best ways to do ...

Women will have an alternative Pap smear option starting this fall, the New York Times reported. The new option is a swab to screen for cervical cancer, rather than the speculum, which has been the ...

Cervical cancer may be caused by any of more than a dozen particular strains of sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV. The NEJM study of more than 130,000 women found that one-time ...

Many women are likely familiar with the Pap smear, but some might not know about the HPV test (human papillomavirus test). Pap smears and HPV tests are the most common ways to detect cervical cancer, ...

There’s a new development that could help women stay on top of their health. Kara Eagan, Co-Founder and CEO or Teal Health, ...

LOS ANGELES - For generations of women, it's been an ingrained medical ritual: Get a Pap test every year. Now two influential groups of medical experts say that having cervical cancer screening once a ...

Pap smears and mammography screening should be targeted at healthy older women and avoided by older women in poor health, in whom risks of screening outweigh potential benefits, according to a study ...

In Texas, Pap smears can now be done at home. The Teal Wand, an alternative for cervical cancer screening, recently became available to women across the state. The self-collection device from San ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - A test that looks for the virus found in 99 percent of cervical tumors is far more effective than a Pap smear for detecting the early stages of cervical cancer, Canadian researchers ...

The post The Speculum Is Getting a Much-Needed Upgrade appeared first on Katie Couric Media. President Donald Trump dropped a ...