In 2012, I was shocked to learn that new guidelines issued by the T he American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists stated that women should wait three to five years between pap smears, which ...

Pap smears used to be a no-brainer: You’d see your ob/gyn for your yearly wellness check and would get an annual Pap in the process. But recommendations changed in the last few years and now it’s not ...

For women between the ages of 30 and 65 who are at risk of contracting human papillomavirus, a promising test might be an alternative to the dreaded Pap smear. Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

A high-tech screening tool for cervical cancer is facing pushback from more than a dozen patient groups, who warn that the genetic test could displace a simpler, cheaper and more established mainstay ...

Dr. Marie Savard explains the differences between a Pap smear and a DNA test. April 7, 2009— -- A DNA test that detects the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical cancer, is more effective ...

LOS ANGELES -- Some women are afraid of Pap smears, many more find the appointments inconvenient. Now there's a new self-guided way to do this cervical cancer screening test at home. Bur doctors ...

A Pap smear test is very important to screen for abnormalities of cells in the cervix. Done regularly, it can help to recognize changes earlier and allows many women to seek treatment and avoid the ...

WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators have cleared a genetic test from Roche as the first ever U.S.-approved alternative to the Pap smear, the decades-old mainstay of cervical cancer screening. The ...

Thanks to the pap smear, cervical cancer moved in ranking from the leading cause of cancer death in women in 1960 to now placing 14th. So why is that the pap smear, forever the cornerstone of ...