New technique preserves major nerves, blood vessels, and other critical structures in a hard-to-access area. In a ...

Motocross legend Mike Brown was injured in a crash while practicing earlier this month. The 53-year-old sustained several serious injuries, including a concussion, a broken neck, a mini stroke (TIA), ...

HPV And Cervical Cancer Risk 99% of all cervical cancer cases are associated with an HPV infection, according to the WHO. HPV is not a single virus but a group of 200 known viruses that not only ...

Cervical screening, while not a diagnostic test, is for people without symptoms and aims to detect early changes which could go on to develop into cervical cancer if left untreated.

Cervical screening is available to anyone with a cervix between the ages of 25 to 64 in the UK. The cervical screening test can identify people with HPV infection and facilitates the identification of ...

The estimated lifetime risk of being diagnosed with cervical cancer is 1 in 130 (1%) for females born in 1961 in the UK.[1] These figures have been calculated on the assumption that the possibility of ...

Cervical mucus can provide important clues to vaginal health, ovulation, pregnancy, and more. Learn how to check it and what your mucus is telling you.

In the South West, NHS teams are working to increase uptake in the HPV vaccine and cervical screening in line with the national cervical cancer elimination strategy for England. It comes as NHS ...

A Cork woman with stage 4 cervical cancer, following two misdiagnosed smear tests, says she still urges women to attend regular screenings and get vaccinated. Mother of two Leona Macken received ...

A doctor turned whistleblower who exposed the cervical screening scandal in the Southern Health Trust has said he fears oversight and quality assurance of the programme have not "significantly ...

In 2023-24, 5.12 million women in England aged between 25-64 were due a cervical cancer screening, only 3.25 million women were tested – 99.8% of cases are preventable if women regularly attend ...