My medical degree and conversations with doctors helped me understand why it makes sense for adolescents to be vaccinated, writes Clara Wilhelm.

Ontario has changed its cervical cancer screening to improve test accuracy and reduce frequency of screenings. In Canada, it ...

which means you won't know you have it unless you receive a positive HPV test. These are typically performed as part of ...

4. What happens if I have a positive HPV test? A positive HPV test is not a diagnosis of cancer. It indicates the presence of high-risk HPV strains. Further review and potentially additional ...

No woman has ever benefited from knowing less about her body. Alarmingly, being under-informed can have serious consequences ...

A new study published in The Lancet HIV reveals gaps in knowledge surrounding the prevention of HPV-related cancers in people living with HIV and outlines future research priorities.

Cervical cancer risk is decreased when a negative HPV test indicates that no high-risk HPV strains were detected. However, a positive HPV test does not indicate malignancy. Rather, it signals the ...

Neither test actually detects cancer — only abnormalities or high-risk strains of HPV. Alexander said HPV testing comes positive on average 15 years before a cancer develops. A Pap test may never ...

For those who test negative for HPV, the interval between tests will be extended to five years, from three. For positive specimens, the sample taken for HPV testing will undergo a Pap test at the ...

which means you won't know you have it unless you receive a positive HPV test. These are typically performed as part of regular cervical cancer screening, either on its own or oftentimes in tandem ...