In the end, the ball is in your court. You can still get Pap smears (which usually include an HPV test, too) or you can ask ...

(ABC News) -- Although most women are accustomed to having Pap smears to test for cervical cancer -- a disease that strikes 12,000 American women each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Self-administered HPV tests involve inserting a plastic tube — similar to a tampon — into the vagina, then twisting the ...

Doctors should be issued with new guidance to allow women and girls aged under 25 to have smear tests for cervical cancer. An MP has told the House of Commons that it should be the life-saving legacy ...

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 goal ...

Say goodbye to that painful speculum. 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) ...

Many women are likely familiar with the Pap smear, but some might not know about the HPV test (human papillomavirus test). Pap smears and HPV tests are the most common ways to detect cervical cancer, ...

The Pap smear — a test which looks for the presence of abnormal cells in the cervix — is credited with making cervical cancer relatively rare in the United States. About 10,000 women are diagnosed ...

The pap smear (or pap test) is one of the cornerstones of women's health. It was introduced in the 1940's as a way to screen for abnormal cervical cells. Starting at the age of 21 women are ...

Women now have an alternative to the Pap smear as a screening test for cervical cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved an at-home screening test. As Reuters reported, Pap ...

A Government briefing note in 1986 stated that it might be cheaper to send cervical smear samples to England to be tested, rather than pay for laboratory staff in Ireland to be trained. Concerns about ...

A campaign group have said they are disgusted there is still "no outcome" for the women impacted by misread smear tests within the Southern Health Trust, after three reports were published on ...