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 ...

Mammograms, Pap Smears, and the PSA: How Other Screening Tests Measure Up Published Nov 20, 2009 at 3:14 PM EST Updated May 19, 2010 at 9:34 AM EDT By Krista Gesaman ...

Fifty years after the invention of the Pap smear, a better method of detecting cervical cancer is here — well, almost. In the first quarter of 1997, Lehigh Valley Hospital and its Health Netw… ...

Some women avoid Pap smears and HPV tests because of the need for an uncomfortable pelvic exam or have difficulty fitting in such an exam in ... most advanced state-of-the-art radiation equipment.

Pap smears may be discontinued after a total hysterectomy unless the surgery was performed for cervical pre-invasive or invasive cancer or other uterine cancers, or if you are considered to be at ...

During a Pap smear, ... Whether a patient wants to insert the equipment on their own, having the option can help regain some control over the process. In the doctor’s office, ...

A Pap smear is a test to check for cervical cancer. If you have a cervix and are between the ages of 21 and 65, you should have the test every 3 years.

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 ...

The Pap smear method is the most cost-effective means of screening for cervical cancer. ... The equipment used to open the cervix was lubricated with a gel before it was inserted.