If you've been putting off scheduling your Pap smear—maybe for months, maybe longer—take a deep breath. There's no judgment ...

While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...

In the end, the ball is in your court. You can still get Pap smears (which usually include an HPV test, too) or you can ask ...

Self-administered HPV tests involve inserting a plastic tube — similar to a tampon — into the vagina, then twisting the ...

A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical ...

A doctor and public health expert explains why the new federal guidelines expanding cervical cancer screening to at-home ...

The guidelines, published Jan. 5 by the Health Resources and Services Administration, now recommend that average-risk women ...

Research has shown that self-collected tests have similar efficacy as when a medical doctor does the screening, according to ...

A UVA Health physician helped shape new guidelines to expand at-home testing and prevent cancer before it starts.

A woman shared her experience of having a smear test in a bid to encourage people to go for their appointments - but people ...

The North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon and Peterborough City Hospital, has shared advice ...