'I Tried the First FDA-Approved At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Test—Here’s What It’s Like'

This is key to preventing cervical cancer or catching it early. Cervical cancer can cause fertility issues, pain, kidney ...
Yahoo

This Simple Test Could Replace the Dreaded Pap Smear

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...
Yahoo

How frequently you should get a Pap smear or HPV test - and what to expect during the procedure

During a Pap smear the most uncomfortable part will be when the doctor inserts a speculum into your vagina. However, the pain should be minimal and brief. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images A Pap smear is a ...
The Journal News

Cervical cancer screening: the Pap smear vs. the HPV test

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, ...
AOL

Dread Pap smears? Federal guidelines now allow for a self-swab HPV test

Federal guidelines are expanding the options for cervical cancer screenings beyond the often-disliked Pap smear. According to new recommendations released Monday by the Health Resources and Services ...
UUHC Health Feed

Pap Smear, HPV Test, or Both?

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 ...
Forbes

Pap Smear Alternatives Will Let Women Self Screen For Cervical Cancer Starting This Month

390487 02: (FILE PHOTO) Close up of cancer cells in the cervix. Cancer of the uterine cervix, the portion of the uterus that is attached to the top of the vagina. (Photo by American Cancer ...
Business Insider

Why an abnormal Pap smear doesn't always mean you have cancer

An abnormal Pap smear means some percentage of your cervix cells appear abnormal in shape or size. In most cases, an abnormal Pap smear does not indicate cancer and is in fact caused by HPV. If you ...
LAist

FDA considers controversial HPV test alternative to pap smear

After an FDA committee approved unanimously to recommend that the Pap smear be replaced with a HPV test in March, the company behind the high-tech test has asked the Food and Drug Administration to ...
Her Campus

Time for a Pap Smear? Put your Health First this Women’s History Month

Pap smears are a very important part of women's health that seems more daunting than they actually are. Learn about the history of the screening and how you can put your health first this Women's ...
New Scientist

Georgios Papanikolaou: inventor of the Pap smear cervical cancer test

Few scientists can claim as big an impact as Georgios Papanikolaou, inventor of the Pap smear test – the first widely used screening test for cancer. It is estimated that Pap smear screening has ...