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 ...

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? Dear Reader: The answer used to be yes. The reason was that doing ...

Cervical cancer is largely preventable through vaccination and regular screening, but it is the fourth most common cancer in women across the globe. This chronic condition is caused by persistent ...

Advertisements can be very persuasive -- whether they’re promoting a snack food, a toy or even a medical test. If you’ve watched much television lately, you may have seen a commercial touting the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jan. 09--Recent draft guidelines by two influential groups say healthy women should wait until they are 21 for their first Pap smear, stop at 65 after adequate screening and wait three years between ...

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 ...

Screening for oral cancer with the Pap test is an effective, noninvasive method to spot the disease, according to study by Indian researchers. Pap tests, traditionally used to screen cervical cancer ...