Many women dread getting their regular Pap smears. The procedure, which involves scraping cells from the cervix to check for ...

ALTON - To mark National Women’s Health Week, Dr. Dennis Sands stopped by “Our Daily Show!” with C.J. Nasello to talk about ...

“If the test comes out with a normal result, which means no abnormal cells were found, screening can be performed every three years.” Can Pap smear also detect HPV? Sicam clarifies that ...

Egan also noted that Pap smears aren’t even “the recommended ... which found that their at-home samples performed as well as ones collected by doctors. While the price of the new wand hasn ...

The approval comes after a study from the company confirmed self-collected samples using their device perform as accurately ... For some, pap smears are an uncomfortable but necessary part of ...

For example, during your Pap, your doctor will often ... which does have an increased risk of cancer, when we perform an exam as opposed to the vaginal smear of an HPV test,” Dr. Greves says.

While teens are not typically at risk for breast cancer, becoming familiar with their bodies early on helps normalize ...