Woman who says smear test saved her life urges others not to delay screening - Gayle Maxwell, who was diagnosed with cancer ...

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 ...

For survivors of sexual violence, even routine medical procedures can feel anything but routine. Smear tests - designed to protect - can instead retraumatise. To change that, a clinic in east London, ...

Figures released by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde revealed no age group in the region had hit the Scottish government target ...

Say goodbye to that painful speculum. Soon, women across the U.S. will be able to conduct their very own at-home Pap smear test, thanks to a new tool approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Theresa May wants you to know she’s had a smear test. While it might seem unusual that the Prime Minister reveal all about her medical history in the middle of PMQs, there was a very good reason she ...

Glasgow footballers have teamed up with the city’s health board to encourage more young women to have cervical smear tests.

It is possible to have an abnormal smear but a normal colposcopy result. This can happen when someone has a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection but no precancerous mutations in the cervix. Cervical ...

Back in May of this year, the FDA approved a new method of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in a healthcare setting. Rather than a standard Pap smear performed with a speculum -- a test dreaded by ...