Maybe you had a bad experience with your last Pap smear and you’re wary of going back to the ob-gyn. Or maybe you’ve never had one before and are scared to make the appointment. It’s ...

A Pap test, also called a Pap smear or cervical cytology, checks for changes in cervical cells that could lead to cancer. These changes include the cell's nucleus, which holds its DNA, growing ...

Unmarried women in Chennai face discrimination at diagnostic centres, being denied pap smears and hormonal IUCDs. These ...

Perform a Pap smear when the patient is in the proliferative phase (in the week following cessation of menses). The patient should avoid intercourse or intravaginal products/douches for 24-48 ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Medical experts say self swab pap smears could be a big game changer. Later this month, self swab pap exams will begin arriving at health care facilities nationwide.

Montrealers with trouble accessing a health-care provider are invited to visit a free cervical cancer screening clinic at the ...

Rather than a standard Pap smear performed with a speculum -- a test dreaded by many patients -- the new test allows for patients to swab their own vagina using a long cotton swab. While these HPV ...

Every person with a uterus should be getting a pap smear starting at age 21 and normally should continue getting checked up every three years after that. Everyone should get consistent pap smears, but ...

Do I have cancer if I need a colposcopy? A colposcopy is done if your Pap smear finds anything concerning. You may have cells that could become cancerous if left alone, other noncancerous cells ...

Among patients with OSA and low adherence to PAP therapy, switching or replacing masks was associated with improved PAP adherence.

No endocervical cells on Pap smear. Ideally, both glandular and squamous cells should be present on a Pap smear, because the squamocolumnar junction is sampled. When no endocervical cells ...