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

The wand developed by Teal Health allows patients to self-collect a vaginal sample and mail it to a lab for testing.

I’m really looking forward to my Pap smear today—said no woman ever” is a sentiment shared by legions of females for good ...

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

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.

screening for high cholesterol and performing a Pap smear to check the cervix for signs of cancer. Updating immunizations is also a common and typically covered service that’s a part of checkups.