DEAR DR. ROACH: You recently discussed Pap smears. What is the root meaning of the term? Is it a medical test invented by a Dr. Pap, or an acronym for some long and complex medical term, or a smear ...

A new study highlights the importance of Pap smear tests for early cervical cancer detection in India. Despite the test's ...

Using a small swab, women will soon be able to collect their own samples for cervical cancer screenings, though health care providers in Clark County aren't planning to adopt the tests soon. (COPAN ...

The Food and Drug administration has approved the U.S.'s first at-home alternative to the Pap smear, a procedure generations of women have dreaded and often found painful. The new device by Teal ...

The human papillomavirus is a common sexually transmitted disease that has the capacity to grow into warts and, sometimes, different types of cancers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

For some women, getting a Pap smear is hell. Since her early 20s, Kevinn Poree has suffered from chronic vaginal pain — pain that led her to scream in agony the first time a gynecologist tried to ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A DNA test for the virus that causes cervical cancer helps detect potentially dangerous lesions earlier than the commonly used pap smear technique, Dutch researchers said on ...

New technology is helping women in Nevada take control of their health, allowing them to complete cervical cancer screening ...

What’s on the calendar this week? Oh, you know, a Pap smear. But wait: Your period tracking app has an important alert. Your flow’s set to, well, flow in three days, just in time for that Pap smear.