Nervous about attending cervical screening for the first time? No one jumps for joy when they receive their invitation to cervical screening so you are not alone. Also known as a ‘smear test’, many ...

Many women are likely familiar with the Pap smear, but some might not know about the HPV test (human papillomavirus test). Pap smears and HPV tests are the most common ways to detect cervical cancer, ...

A new proposal recommends replacing routine pap smears with HPV testing every five years for women over 30, signaling a serious shift in cervical cancer screening guidelines. reading time 3 minutes ...

Women should get a pap smear every three years because it can detect early warning signs of cervical cancer.

Pap smears are screening tools to detect any abnormal changes in cervical cells which may indicate cancer or HPV.

The effects of the coronavirus crisis on medical and healthcare services have been far-reaching, with treatment or testing deemed non-essential being cancelled or delayed as help is funnelled into ...

(ABC News) -- Although most women are accustomed to having Pap smears to test for cervical cancer -- a disease that strikes 12,000 American women each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Cervical cancer screening underuse and overuse occur commonly in clinical practice and identifiable patient and physician factors can be targeted for quality improvement. The study included women 30 ...

In the UK, 20 per cent of women still do not attend smear tests, puttingthemselves at risk of leaving pre-cancerous cervical cells undetected[i]. Anew blog, entitled, 'my diary from down under', aims ...

TV presenter Steph McGovern has undergone a cervical smear test on live television, in a bid to reduce fear of the procedure. McGovern told viewers: "There are a lot women who struggle with going to ...

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Mr Nesbitt was speaking after MLAs stood with a group of women at Stormont calling for a probe into cervical screening ...