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Pap smears are terrible. Every year, I stare at the ceiling and try my hardest to ignore the scraping of my insides. In the ...
The Teal Wand is an at-home vaginal sample self-collection device that tests for HPV. The test will first be available in ...
The Food and Drug Administration just approved an at home test that could be an optional alternative to a yearly pap smear.
There's a new self-guided way to screen for cervical cancer at home that was approved by the FDA. But doctors caution that it ...
The wand developed by Teal Health allows patients to self-collect a vaginal sample and mail it to a lab for testing.
On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind at-home cervical cancer screening tool in an ...
The FDA approved an at-home screening test for cervical cancer. The cancer is usually caused by the human papillomavirus. Many women skip screening because of access or discomfort with the process.
The maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test said Friday it has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, ...
In 2014, the FDA approved the first primary HPV test—for use in place of a Pap, in some people—but the cells still had to get plucked from your cervix by a doctor via a pelvic exam ...
If your test comes back positive for HPV, which is linked to the development of cervical cancer, you’ll be referred to a healthcare provider for a more traditional Pap test or something called a ...
The maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test said Friday it has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, giving patients an alternative to in-clinic pap smears. The screening ...