Why it matters: The less-invasive self-swab requires less equipment, allowing health clinics that don't have speculums and stirrups to start offering screening. It's an alternative to Pap smears ...

I just want to talk about my experience on my monday with my gyane. Before this I had not had a pap smear before, I am 25, I know I should had it earlier. I am still waiting for the results. Anyway ...

This company wants to replace your Pap smear — and promises its DIY cancer screening is less painful By . Diana Bruk. Published May 12, 2025, 2:03 p.m. ET.

The FDA approves first U.S. at-home tool as a Pap-smear alternative. May 10, 2025 2:03 PM ET. Jennifer Ludden Women will be able to screen for cervical cancer at home using a wand by Teal Health.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- 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 ...

On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind at-home cervical cancer screening tool in an effort to provide a more accessible alternative to Pap smear tests. The ...

Since its introduction more than 80 years ago, the Pap smear is estimated to have prevented hundreds of thousands of cervical cancer deaths. And in 2006, a vaccine against HPV became available in ...

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