I was not expecting to receive my pap smear test letter before I turned 25, so when mine fell through the letterbox in mid-March — exactly six months before my 25th birthday — I felt a little bit sick ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home screening test for cervical cancer, the product’s maker announced on Friday. The DIY test could serve as an alternative to ...
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) ...
Pap Smear is a screening test for cancer of the cervix. It ranks among the top success stories of modern medicine because it has saved many women’s lives. It is an early detection tool for cervical ...
A new DIY home swab kit for cervical cancer aims to make Pap smears more comfortable. It's set to be available to Californians in June, with other states to follow. This article is part of a series on ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators have cleared a genetic test from Roche as a first-choice screening option for cervical cancer. It was a role previously reserved for the Pap smear, the ...
When Noa Fleischacker had her first pap smear, she was struck by an unbearable, knife-like pain as soon as the speculum went in. “I literally was going to jump off the table,” Fleischacker recalled.