What do guinea pigs, eugenics and Japanese incarceration during WWII have in common? What do guinea pigs, eugenics and Japanese incarceration during WWII have in common? They all play a role in the ...

Lots of Americans on TikTok have been in disbelief after learning that people in other countries apparently have the option to perform Pap smears on themselves via a mail-order kit, in the comfort of ...

The most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States (an astounding 42.5 percent of U.S. adults between 18 and 59 reported an HPV infection between 2013 and 2014, according to the ...

“The Cancer Detectives,” a new American Experience documentary on PBS, tracks the fascinating and surprisingly frustrating backstory of the Pap smear, a cervical cancer screening test that’s now ...

Vaginismus is an involuntary tightening of the vagina, which makes everything from intimacy to Pap smears painful. (Photo: Getty Images; Illustration: Aisha Yousaf for Yahoo) When Laura Zam was 13, ...

During a Pap smear, the medical provider swabs the patient's cervix to collect a cell sample. The cell sample is then sent to a lab, where pathologists analyze the sample under a microscope to check ...

Art by Colin Mahoney. Source images from the National Library of Medicine, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Wikimedia. In 1926, 17-year-old Helen Dickens would sit in the front row of her pre ...

The latest guidelines recommend beginning Pap smear screening within three years after the onset of sexual activity or at age 21. I have encountered two teenagers, aged 18 and 15, who have developed ...

Cervical cancer is highly preventable with routine screening, but it isn't always a pleasant experience. That's why women's health company Teal Health created the Teal Wand, the first and only at-home ...

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) ...

A Pap smear is a procedure that screens for cervical cancer by testing cells for any abnormalities. If your Pap results are abnormal that does not mean you have cancer, and more likely indicates HPV.

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