Screening of cervical cancer is an important part of a routine health check-up for women because it helps to identify any ...

Getting your first "Pap smear" is a dubious rite of passage into American womanhood. Though we've all heard that we're supposed to get tested each year, we may not know lots of other important things ...

Many women can safely extend their cervical cancer screening interval to three years, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. "For the last 15 years guidelines have ...

Is it possible to know you have cervical cancer before it’s even cancer? You may be surprised to hear the answer is a ...

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 ...

For women over 21, the pap smear is an unpleasant and often painful part of a visit to the gynecologist. New research shows that the less-invasive human papillomavirus (HPV) test is a more accurate ...

Days after a government advisory panel rolled back its recommendations on mammography screening for breast cancer, another influential group issued revised guidelines on the use of Pap smears to ...

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) – Cervical cancer was once one of the most common causes of cancer death for American women. Today, the number of deaths from cervical cancer has declined, mainly due to the ...

If you've been putting off scheduling your Pap smear-maybe for months, maybe longer-take a deep breath. There's no judgment ...

This column is an update of one that ran originally in April 2013. DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve had a Pap test every year for 20 years, since I was about 25. It’s always normal. Do I still need one every year?

(HealthDay News) — The cobas human papillomavirus (HPV) test is an effective, one-test alternative to the current recommendation of screening with either a Pap test alone or a combination of the HPV ...