Even with all this research readily available, some doctors still say many women over 65 don’t need Pap smears, including ...

Pap smears are especially traumatic when providers fail to respond compassionately to patients’ pain. Bonnie Gross, who has vestibulodynia, remembers squirming on the table during her first pap ...

Getting a Pap smear isn’t among my favorite things to do, ranking somewhere between eating cauliflower (ugh) and going to the dentist (worse). I usually find the experience awkward, ...

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.

Some women have a Pap smear done during a pelvic exam to screen for cervical cancer. The test may be done with a human papillomavirus (HPV) test. But a pelvic exam may be done for other reasons ...

For those over the age of 65, a pap smear may no longer necessary if you've had at least three pap tests or two HPV tests in the past 10 years with normal or negative test results; haven't had ...

The Pap smear was developed by Dr Georgios Papanicolaou and first reported in 1928. It involves a gynaecologist taking a sample of cells from the surface of the cervix during an internal exam.

In 2021, 78.1% of women aged 21 to 65 were up to date with their Pap smear test for early detection in Louisiana, LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center said.

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 ...

The awkward — but necessary — experience of getting a Pap smear. Cervical cancer screenings aren’t my favorite thing to do, but they save lives. July 15, 2024. Perspective by Gemma Correll .