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

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

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

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has updated its guidelines to include self collection testing for ...

HHS released updated cervical cancer screening guidelines on Jan. 5, allowing for self-administered HPV tests as an ...

During a Pap smear the most uncomfortable part will be when the doctor inserts a speculum into your vagina. However, the pain should be minimal and brief. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images A Pap smear is a ...

Screening and getting the vaccine for cervical cancer are two of the ways to help combat it. Dr. Sanchita Yadalla, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Medical Center Hospital ProCare Women’s Clinic, said ...

Many of us would choose the pain of a dentist’s chair over the most compassionate and sensitive gynecologist’s examination table. You endure a cold speculum — which is torture enough — then it does ...

A Pap test is an important preventative screening test for cervical cancer that’s performed on most 21- to 65-year-old women every few years. It’s fast and easy (albeit a bit uncomfortable) and it ...

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration issued new recommendations on Monday that will eventually allow women ...