Entering your 30s signals subtle bodily changes, increasing the risk of chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension.

"If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here to tell my story." Toni Smith from Eastwood, in Nottinghamshire, went for a routine smear test when she was 28-years-old and believes doing so saved her life ...

SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh has no aspirations of becoming Singapore's prime minister, and said that ...

Between work, caregiving, and full calendars, finding time to schedule a well-woman exam or a Pap test can be challenging.

Could a pap test help detect breast and ovarian cancers too? Pap tests have long been used to detect cervical cancer early, but preliminary research suggests that cervical cells collected during those ...

Hera Biotech, the leader in definitive, non-invasive women’s health detection and staging for endometriosis, announced today ...

Even so, women who test positive for HPV still need to follow up with a pap smear afterwards — which is where products like Methica CC, developed by the Netherlands-based CC Diagnostics, come in ...

There is a tremendous amount of effort devoted to cervical cancer screening in the United States. We estimate that 61 million women had at least one Pap smear in 2000. We found that Pap smear ...

CHICAGO – A team of researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has developed a Pap-based assay for endometrial cancer that is able to detect higher amounts of cell-free DNA than blood ...

Insurance companies often pay for Pap smears as part of an annual pelvic exam. However, some only pay for one test every three years. If you need help paying for the test, call your local women's ...

Soon, women across the U.S. will be able to conduct their very own at-home Pap smear test, thanks to a new tool approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 9.