Women now have an alternative to the Pap smear as a screening test for cervical cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved an at-home screening test. As Reuters reported, Pap ...

Home testing kits that screen for cervical cancer risk could be a game-changer for reducing health inequalities for ...

Researchers have found that testing period blood for signs of cervical cancer could be an accurate way of screening for the disease. Read: no more having a speculum shoved into you by a stranger every ...

Getting a Pap smear isn’t high on most people’s list, but it’s the go-to test to look for cervical changes that could lead to cancer. So, most women endure it every three or so years. Now, there’s a ...

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Well-known comedian and actor Diona Doherty has spoken of her "guilt" and "stupidity" over going 12 years without a smear test, after a recent one showed severe pre‑cancerous cell changes. The 36-year ...

This might feel a bit uncomfortable. A quick pinch, then we’re all done. That wasn’t so bad was it? These are some of the comments that most people receiving a smear test will have heard at least once ...

A woman left people baffled after sharing the 'odd' item she takes with her when going to get her smear test. Cervical screening, which is also known as a smear test, is a test to check the health of ...

I had smear-test anxiety long before I got my first invitation letter from my GP asking me to come in for my first cervical screening. And when it arrived, just after my 25th birthday, I still ...