January marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, a moment where health care professionals educate the public on what this ...
In the end, the ball is in your court. You can still get Pap smears (which usually include an HPV test, too) or you can ask ...
The Alberta government says it wants to replace the routine Pap smear with a newer screening test to detect the risk of ...
Wondering how often cervical screening is needed? A senior gynaecologist explains age-wise guidelines, tests involved, and ...
Research has shown that self-collected tests have similar efficacy as when a medical doctor does the screening, according to ...
“HPV DNA testing is proven to be more effective in detecting precancerous changes of the cervix compared to conventional pap ...
A UVA Health physician helped shape new guidelines to expand at-home testing and prevent cancer before it starts.
Louisiana ranks seventh in the nation for cervical cancer deaths, according to data from the Louisiana Department of Health.
Hence, it is advisable to start screening from 3 years after the first sexual intercourse. The western medical literature ...
The guidelines, published Jan. 5 by the Health Resources and Services Administration, now recommend that average-risk women ...
While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has updated its guidelines to include self collection testing for ...