Around 17,500 women were affected by the review ...

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 ...

Let’s be frank, none of us relish the idea of lying, knicker-less, with our feet in stirrups. Having a spatula wedged deep inside us having our cells “scraped” isn’t pleasurable. But the procedure ...

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 ...

From the age of 25, people with a cervix are invited to go for a cervical smear test in the UK. It's a potentially life-changing examination, which can act as an early detection of cervical cancer.

New cervical smear tests are unreliable and should not replace conventional tests (PAP smears) according to a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers in France studied 828 women referred to hospital ...

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 ...

DALEVILLE, Va. – January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. 10 News is working for you to share information about prevention and screening. Cervical cancer is a disease in which cancer cells arise in ...

The pap smear (or pap test) is one of the cornerstones of women's health. It was introduced in the 1940's as a way to screen for abnormal cervical cells. Starting at the age of 21 women are ...