September is Sexual Wellness Month. And in honor of the special occasion, women are celebrating their bodies by taking charge of their sexual and reproductive health. A pap smear is a medical ...

If you feel pretty damn proud of yourself for scheduling a Pap smear or pelvic exam, we don’t blame you. This kind of preventive care is incredibly important but also easy to put off or cut from your ...

Teal Health is FDA-approved for cervical cancer screening and now available nationwide.

Regular cervical cancer screening using HPV testing and/or Pap tests can prevent up to 90% or more of cervical cancers by detecting and treating precancerous lesions early, making it one of the most ...

Cervical cancer is often curable when diagnosed in its initial stages and is highly preventable if pre-cancerous abnormalities are caught early. Yet many individuals diagnosed with cervical cancer in ...

At what age should a teenage girl have her first Pap smear and gynecologic exam? Pelvic exams and Pap smears are not necessary in healthy adolescent girls who are not sexually active and who do not ...

An increasing number of women will no longer need annual testing for cervical cancer, say guidelines issued Thursday — the third such advice to doctors in the last year. The American College of ...

It’s on the calendar. It’s coming soon. Your first gynecological exam. For some young women, this may be particularly anxiety-inducing. Women's health expert Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones walks you through ...

If you've been putting off scheduling your Pap smear-maybe for months, maybe longer-take a deep breath. There's no judgment ...