Researchers have found that testing period blood for signs of cervical cancer could be an accurate way of screening for the disease. Read: no more having a speculum shoved into you by a stranger every ...

The long-predicted day has finally come. There is cause for great rejoicing. Why? Because after years of research, the American Cancer Society has recently recommended self-swabbing as an acceptable w ...

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 ...

Women now have an alternative to the Pap smear as a screening test for cervical cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved an at-home screening test. As Reuters reported, Pap ...

As a mum, your days are probably a mix of nursery or school runs, while juggling work-related or other household tasks. This often means that your own health concerns often slip to the bottom of the ...

Back in May of this year, the FDA approved a new method of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in a healthcare setting. Rather than a standard Pap smear performed with a speculum -- a test dreaded by ...

A Scottish woman shares her “embarrassment” over regularly ignoring pap smear reminders and worrying symptoms of heavy ...

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) ...

Danielle Green lost her own mother to cancer when she was just seven-years-old ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Cervical cancer screening intervals could be extended for women aged 30 and over if doctors used human papillomavirus (HPV) testing rather than smear tests, British scientists said ...