Advertisements can be very persuasive -- whether they’re promoting a snack food, a toy or even a medical test. If you’ve watched much television lately, you may have seen a commercial touting the ...

Getting your first "Pap smear" is a dubious rite of passage into American womanhood. Though we've all heard that we're supposed to get tested each year, we may not know lots of other important things ...

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 ...

Many women can safely extend their cervical cancer screening interval to three years, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. "For the last 15 years guidelines have ...

Ever wondered how a Pap-Smear Test actually happens while it is one of the most common tests recommended for women for cervical issues, not many know what to actually expect from a Pap-Smear. To many, ...

Robin Reath was getting a routine checkup recently when her doctor brought up something new about cervical cancer screening. "We might be doing something a little bit different than what we've been ...

Days after a government advisory panel rolled back its recommendations on mammography screening for breast cancer, another influential group issued revised guidelines on the use of Pap smears to ...

Too few doctors follow U.S. guidelines for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and cervical cancer screening, according to a new study. A survey of 366 obstetricians-gynecologists in the United ...

A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that lack of awareness resulted in women over 65 and those who had undergone hysterectomy routinely undergoing a Pap test. As ...

Screening for oral cancer with the Pap test is an effective, noninvasive method to spot the disease, according to study by Indian researchers. Pap tests, traditionally used to screen cervical cancer ...