Let's be honest: Pap smears are terrible. Every year, I stare at the ceiling and try my hardest to ignore the scraping of my insides. In the age of AI chatbots and self-driving cars, how has no one ...

Plenty about a Pap smear—the airborne straddle, the clunky metal speculum—can make it, at best, awkward, and at worst, painful or traumatizing. And thanks to a new type of cervical cancer screening ...

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If you've been putting off scheduling your Pap smear—maybe for months, maybe longer—take a deep breath. There's no judgment here. While some women breeze through these appointments, many of us find ...

An abnormal Pap smear result doesn’t necessarily mean you have cervical cancer. Your doctor may recommend further testing as a next step.

Federal guidelines are expanding the options for cervical cancer screenings beyond the often-disliked Pap smear. According to new recommendations released Monday by the Health Resources and Services ...

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Pap smears must be a strong contender for the worst best thing to happen to gynecology. The test, alongside ...

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A close friend of mine recently had an abnormal result on a routine Pap test that led to a cancer diagnosis. I know cancer screenings are important, but it's hard to keep track of ...