The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new device called the Teal Wand, which its creator describes as an "at-home ...

The tool will allow women to screen for HPV, which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, without visiting a doctor.

Mothers are always on the go, taking care of everyone else other than their health. And as they grow old, the risk of disease ...

M baye explained that a Pap smear is a screening test that checks for abnormal cells on the cervix that could lead to cervical cancer. "Pap smears are important because they can c ...

A simple, low-cost method is helping impoverished women identify abnormal cervical cells and prevent premature cancer deaths.

An abnormal Pap smear result of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) means that an area of cells of the cervix (the narrow neck of the uterus) looks abnormal when examined under a ...

If the pap smear detects HPV, the patient will undergo a colposcopy, where the doctor examines the cervix under a high-powered microscope and applies acetic acid to the lesions. If any part of the ...

Screening for cervical cancer is usually done either using a pap smear (cells collected from the cervix are tested under microscope) or through visual inspection with acetic acid (a 3 – 5% solution of ...

Screening methods include the Pap smear, where cervical cells are examined under a microscope; and visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), where a vinegar solution helps detect abnormal cells. A ...