A new, FDA-approved device wants “to give women the option to screen comfortably from home at their convenience,” co-founder Kara Egan told The Post.

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

The tool will allow women to screen for HPV, which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, without visiting a doctor.

The FDA has cleared its first at-home collection kit that allows women to screen themselves for human papillomavirus and ...

LOS ANGELES -- Some women are afraid of Pap smears, many more find the appointments inconvenient. Now there's a new self-guided way to do this cervical cancer screening test at home. Bur doctors ...

The DIY test could serve as an alternative to in-person "Pap smears," which are recommended every three years for women up to age 65. The self-collection device — the Teal Wand, made by Teal ...

Raise your hand if you've ever procrastinated getting your Pap ... women who are not currently seeing their provider or otherwise would not." The Teal Wand only screens for HPV, so Pap smears ...

Most women do not need an annual Pap smear. The guidelines for cervical cancer screenings have shifted for women between 21 and 29 to have Pap smears every three years. Women between 30 and 65 ...

Pap smears are a vital tool for preventing cervical ... “just about an innovative product — it’s about finally giving women an option that makes sense for their lives — something that ...

Filipino women, in fact, are so averse to Pap smears that less than 1 percent of 54 million Pinays have undergone it in 2023, said the Philippine Institute for Development Studies. Small wonder ...

HPV is one of the leading causes of cervical cancer, and for decades, HPV testing has only been available in tandem with an in-person pap smear ... "When women come in to their healthcare provider ...