An abnormal Pap smear means some percentage of your cervix cells appear abnormal in shape or size. In most cases, an abnormal Pap smear does not indicate cancer and is in fact caused by HPV. If you ...

Many of us would choose the pain of a dentist’s chair over the most compassionate and sensitive gynecologist’s examination table. You endure a cold speculum — which is torture enough — then it does ...

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.

People are now being offered evening and weekend cervical cancer screening appointments.

When they said not to wait for your first pap smear, they were not kidding. I got my first pap smear at 23, two years later than I should have. A month later, I learned my test result was abnormal. A ...

It is recommended that women between 30 and 65 undergo co-testing with Human papillomavirus (HPV) and Pap smear testing every five years or Pap testing alone every three years.

ALMOST a third of women skip life-saving smear tests – often through fear or embarrassment. But millions of lives could be ...

Whilst having a smear test isn't exactly at the top of our list of 'fun things to do', they are a health essential for anyone with a cervix – something that former Love Island star, Amy Hart, who ...

Over the weekend, singer LeAnn Rimes revealed in an Instagram post that she underwent "minor surgery" to remove precancerous cells after her annual pap smear came back abnormal. The 41-year-old shared ...

Pap smears and HPV tests can catch issues early—long before they become cancer. Learn why these simple screenings matter and how to make the experience more comfortable.