'I Tried the First FDA-Approved At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Test—Here’s What It’s Like'

This is key to preventing cervical cancer or catching it early. Cervical cancer can cause fertility issues, pain, kidney ...
Philstar.com

Empowered to choose better health

Early detection dramatically increases survival rates. A simple Pap smear can detect abnormal cells before they turn ...
News4Jax

‘Advocate for yourself’: Jacksonville woman’s severe ovarian cysts took 10 years to be correctly diagnosed

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville woman is sharing her experience after she says her severe ovarian cysts took more than a decade to be correctly diagnosed. Lena Billings said that during those ...
Healio

US women favor in-clinic cervical cancer screening over at-home test

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women preferred clinic-based cervical cancer screening over home-based self-sampling by a 3-1 margin. Tailored ...
The Grio

WNBA star Erica Wheeler lost her mother to cervical cancer—now she’s urging Black women not to skip screenings

WNBA star Erica Wheeler knows firsthand how life-altering it can be to miss one too many annual screenings. During her junior year of college, Wheeler lost her mother and best friend, Melissa Cooper, ...
Reuters

Health Rounds: Women who have had an HPV vaccine need fewer cervical cancer screenings

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Women vaccinated against the human papillomavirus can safely skip many of the cervical cancer screenings that are typically recommended every three to five years, a new study from ...
MedPage Today

Do Women Actually Want At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening?

Last year, the FDA approved the first at-home test for cervical cancer screening. In a nationally representative survey, 20% of women said they would prefer at-home self-sampling for cervical cancer ...
Medscape

HPV-Vaccinated Women May Only Need Two Cervical Cancer Screenings in Lifetime

Women who get a full dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may only need two cervical cancer screenings in their lifetime, a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests. Based on ...
MedPage Today

Can Women Get Far Fewer Cervical Cancer Screenings After HPV Vaccination?

HPV vaccination may substantially reduce the frequency of cervical cancer screening. Extending screening intervals to every 15 to 25 years remained cost-effective for women vaccinated before age 24, ...
UC San Francisco

Should You Get Tested for Cervical Cancer? Here’s What to Know

Cervical cancer screenings are considered one of the most significant public health advances of the past 50 years, particularly in detecting HPV (human papillomavirus), the culprit of most cervical ...
The Nation Newspaper

Women get free cervical cancer screening

Women in Ado-Odo/Ota and Odeda Local Government Areas of Ogun State have benefited from a free cervical cancer screening, in an effort to ensure early detection of issues that possibly lead to ...