When it comes to preventative exams, they can often seem like an unnecessary bother or even just another item on the to-do list, but they're an opportunity to monitor your health and touch base with ...

Editor's note: anyone with a cervix can get a Pap smear, but for this article, we included sources who generally referred to these people as women. Going to the doctor for any type of exam can feel ...

I was not expecting to receive my pap smear test letter before I turned 25, so when mine fell through the letterbox in mid-March — exactly six months before my 25th birthday — I felt a little bit sick ...

New cervical cancer screening guidelines have been released by the U.S. Preventative Service Task Force, and they may be welcomed as good news by many: fewer Pap smears. According to the new ...

(ABC NEWS) -- Although most women are accustomed to having pap smears to test for cervical cancer -- a disease that strikes 12,000 American women each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

ROCHESTER — Mayo Clinic is expanding a cancer screening initiative through several Mayo Clinic Health System clinics this summer, building on the successful uptake of the Saturday Pap Clinics at ...

(CNN) — The first shipments of some self-collection HPV tests for cervical cancer screening are currently on their way to doctors’ offices across the United States. In May, the US Food and Drug ...

A new study published in JAMA found a higher rate of detection with HPV tests. Although most women are accustomed to having Pap smears to test for cervical cancer -- a disease that strikes 12,000 ...