New federal guidelines will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer. According to the new recommendations by the Health Resources and Services Administration, women between the ...

Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30, according to a new ...

Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Effective screening can detect precancerous changes years before cancer develops. But more than 4,300 women will die from cervical ...

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. It turns out, raising awareness of cervical cancer and bridging the gaps in care has a lot in common with accessibility, technology, and the disability ...

Cervical cancer is often curable when diagnosed in its initial stages and is highly preventable if pre-cancerous abnormalities are caught early. Yet many individuals diagnosed with cervical cancer in ...

Doctors use Spurling tests to assess possible causes of neck pain. A positive result can indicate a pinched nerve. A Spurling test can help a doctor make a quick assessment about the cause of neck ...

In Texas, Pap smears can now be done at home. Teal Health began developing its wand more than five years ago to make screening easier to access and to allow women to avoid the discomfort of a pelvic ...

Research has increasingly shown that HPV testing is more effective than cytology at detecting cervical precancer. A cohort study showed that patients who tested HPV negative had the lowest cumulative ...

As cervical cancer screenings ramp up across the world, a new JAMA study shows that a majority of women prefer clinic-based testing over at-home self-sampling tests in the US. Researchers from the ...