Dear Doctor K: I’ve had a Pap test every year for 20 years, since I was about 25. It’s always normal. Do I still need one every year? Dear Reader: The answer used to be yes. The reason was that doing ...

Advertisements can be very persuasive -- whether they’re promoting a snack food, a toy or even a medical test. If you’ve watched much television lately, you may have seen a commercial touting the ...

Cervical cancer is largely preventable through vaccination and regular screening, but it is the fourth most common cancer in women across the globe. This chronic condition is caused by persistent ...

The pap smear (or pap test) is one of the cornerstones of women's health. It was introduced in the 1940's as a way to screen for abnormal cervical cells. Starting at the age of 21 women are ...

Robin Reath was getting a routine checkup recently when her doctor brought up something new about cervical cancer screening. "We might be doing something a little bit different than what we've been ...

Many women can safely extend their cervical cancer screening interval to three years, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. "For the last 15 years guidelines have ...

A cervical smear is a test that uses cells collected with a small spatula or soft brush from the uterine cervix. It may be used to test for human papilloma virus (HPV) DNA (HPV testing) or ...

Days after a government advisory panel rolled back its recommendations on mammography screening for breast cancer, another influential group issued revised guidelines on the use of Pap smears to ...

A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that lack of awareness resulted in women over 65 and those who had undergone hysterectomy routinely undergoing a Pap test. As ...

Recently, The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists released their report recommending women get fewer pap smears than previously advised. The report, released in the wake of the ...