While January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, health experts say getting screened when necessary is important year-round.

George Papanicolaou, the Greek doctor who invented the "Pap smear" in 1928, has saved the lives of countless women.

Regular Pap smear screenings are a vital part of women’s healthcare, helping detect and prevent cervical cancer at an early stage. World Cancer Day, observed every year on February 4, serves as a ...

I was mad at God, mad at the world, and mad at all the healthy people who didn’t have to get their life put on hold,” said ...

One of the most effective ways to prevent cervical cancer is through a Pap smear test—a simple yet powerful screening tool ...

A New Talker Research study found that women avoid seeing doctors for reasons like fear of blame, dismissal, or misdiagnosis ...

Oncologist Dr. Sarah Cate told Newsweek: "Many women simply don't make time for themselves, since they are working and often ...

A mother diagnosed with cervical cancer more than three years after a failure to refer her to specialists when her smear test ...

A mother of three was blindsided by a cervical cancer diagnosis just days before her 30th birthday — despite experiencing ...

Women’s health champions like us cheered in January when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a draft ...

A study by AXA Health Insurance has revealed that almost 5million women in the UK have actively avoided attending a smear test appointment, with the highest avoidance rate coming from those aged ...

The prospect of going for a smear test can be daunting. It can feel unnatural to have such an intimate screening, and the process can be uncomfortable, but it is crucial to get through any fears ...