It’s an alternative to the dreaded pap smear, and you can do it yourself right at home.

The Teal Wand is an at-home vaginal sample self-collection device that tests for HPV. The test will first be available in California in June.

“The evidence is clear. Universal HPV self-testing offered through primary care increases screening coverage, which reduces illness and death caused by cervical cancer. Millions of people around the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cervical cancer screening is about to get a lot more convenient. That’s because the latest cervical cancer screening guidelines ...

Doctors address the pros and cons of Health Resources and Services Administration’s new guidance, including at-home ...

New federal guidelines will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer. According to the new recommendations by the Health Resources and Services Administration, women between the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the country’s first at-home HPV screening device. The test is designed as an alternative to the Pap smear, a procedure that detects precancerous ...

Women 30 and older should be given an opportunity to self-test for cervical cancer, a federal health panel advised this week as part of an effort to expand screenings to groups that do not get enough ...

Receiving a sample collection kit by mail helped people who were behind on cervical cancer screening take part in this regular checkup. A clinical trial assessed whether mailing kits to take a cell ...

Professor & Director, Daffodil Centre, A Joint Venture with Cancer Council NSW, University of Sydney Karen Canfell receives funding from a range of government and non-government sources. She is ...

Scott, ang Cervical Cancer ay natutukoy nang maaga sa regular na Cervical Screening Test. Ang kaunting discomfort ay mas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an effort to combat the prevalence of cervical cancer in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the ...