Cervical screening just got easier.

You should still get your smear test done While, as Cottle points out, this is “nobody’s idea of a good time,” it’s our best bet for detecting cervical pre-cancer early. And as he points ...

Currently what happens with smear tests is that samples are not tested for HPV; instead, cells are analysed straight away under a microscope (a process known as cytology) and only those which show ...

New plans have been announced to shake up the way cervical cancer risk is detected in England: at-home HPV testing kits are set to be offered to women who have missed their cervical smear test ...

An alternative to conventional cervical screening—otherwise known as smear tests or Pap smears—is now available and may help more women detect the human papillomavirus (HPV) before it becomes ...

Despite being disliked by many women, the patient experience of having a Pap smear with a speculum and stirrups has remained largely unchanged since the 1940s, when the test — named for its ...

While it used the term smear test, the NHS Health Scotland website, external primarily refers to it as cervical screening. The Cervical Screening Wales, ...

Smear test: Women at the centre of Southern Trust review concerned In Northern Ireland, there is an approximate six-month wait for a smear test result in the health service . For private patients ...

The new test, made by Teal Health, involves swabbing the vagina with a spongelike tool rather than inserting a speculum and scraping cells from the cervix, as health care providers do in Pap smears.