George Papanicolaou, the Greek doctor who invented the "Pap smear" in 1928, has saved the lives of countless women.

Regular Pap smear screenings are a vital part of women’s healthcare, helping detect and prevent cervical cancer at an early ...

Women’s health champions like us cheered in January when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a draft ...

Cervical cancer screening is one of the best success stories in health care. Since the 1970s, the death rate from cervical ...

Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to explore how a new Pap smear alternative may help prevent deaths from cervical ...

The self-test device that Mayo Clinic will use is the Evalyn Brush. The collection brush is housed inside a plastic tube, ...

Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2025 is a timely reminder of the importance of being proactive and aware when it comes to our health. As mums, it's easy to place ourselves and our own health lower ...

Pap smears serve as a vital frontline screening test for detecting cervical cancer, one of the most prevalent reproductive ...

January marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cancer in women — but fortunately, it is both preventable and treatable.

Cervical screening — also known as a smear test or Pap smear — is an important part ... conducting the screening then uses a soft brush to collect cell samples from the cervix.

Roughly 80% of women will get human papillomavirus (HPV) in their lifetime. For many, especially those who have gotten an HPV vaccine, the virus will go away on its own within two years.