Incoming NMP Haresh Singaraju says he’s no longer a party member after photo of him in PAP T-shirt surfaces

Haresh Singaraju said he is now no longer a member of any political party, after a photo of him wearing a PAP T-shirt ...

Dread Pap smears? Federal guidelines now allow for a self-swab HPV test

Self-administered HPV tests involve inserting a plastic tube — similar to a tampon — into the vagina, then twisting the ...

Hate your Pap smear? An at-home screening could replace it for women over 30, say new US guidelines

Say goodbye to the dreaded Pap smear. While skipping it has long been a major gyno-no, the annual health checkup for cervical ...
Yahoo

“I didn’t feel it at all:” Pain from pap smears is often ignored. New methods help patients avoid it

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.
Yahoo

When Americans Learned That Australians Don't Have To Go To The Gynecologist To Get A Pap Smear, A Huge Conversation Started, And It's Another Reminder Of How Backwards America ...

Lots of Americans on TikTok have been in disbelief after learning that people in other countries apparently have the option to perform Pap smears on themselves via a mail-order kit, in the comfort of ...
The New York Times

Why Many Older Women Are Getting Pap Tests They Don’t Need

Women over 65 are being screened for cervical cancer in diminishing numbers. But some are reluctant to give up the tests. JB Lockhart, a retired office worker in Oregon, still schedules an annual Pap ...
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‘That’s an option?’: Patient gets a Pap smear during menstrual cycle. The OB-GYN asks if they want their flow ‘scooped out’

A TikTok claim has gone viral after a creator said that during a routine Pap smear, while they happened to be on their period ...
Queen Mary University of London

The Pap smear isn’t used to diagnose cancer – but it could be

Doctors can find it hard to diagnose cervical cancer in young women because the same symptoms, such as bleeding between periods or after sex, are common in women with genital infections or taking ...
UUHC Health Feed

Putting Off Your Pap Smear? Do It from Home

A pap smear screening is one of most effective ways of preventing cervical cancer. But the screening can be frustrating to do regularly—and downright uncomfortable to have performed. Women's expert Dr ...
Yahoo News Singapore

GE2025: ‘PAP doesn’t believe in gambling,’ says Gho Sze Kee on Mountbatten rival’s Bitcoin ideas

The PAP's Mountbatten candidate Gho Sze Kee called Bitcoin a “wildly volatile” product. Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE – Ms Gho Sze Kee, the PAP’s Mountbatten candidate, has cautioned voters ...
The Conversation

The Pap smear isn’t used to diagnose cancer – but it could be

Anita Lim receives funding from Cancer Research UK. This work has won a category in the Research Paper of the Year (http://www.rcgp.org.uk/researchawards) awards from ...