If you have endometriosis and receive an abnormal result after your Pap smear, you may be wondering if your endo is the underlying cause. Pap smears detect abnormal cells in your cervix. After your ...

Many of us would choose the pain of a dentist’s chair over the most compassionate and sensitive gynecologist’s examination table. You endure a cold speculum — which is torture enough — then it does ...

A Pap test is an important preventative screening test for cervical cancer that’s performed on most 21- to 65-year-old women every few years. It’s fast and easy (albeit a bit uncomfortable) and it ...

A trip to your gynaecologist is supposed to give you peace of mind, but hearing, “You have cervical erosion,” often causes ...

Pathologists at Ohio State University re-checked the Pap smears of 84 women whose initial Pap results were diagnosed as abnormal using the ThinPrep testing method. All women were on an oral ...

If you were asked to name the top cancers that affect women, breast cancer is sure to be among the first, perhaps with colon cancer or skin cancer near the top of your list. Cervical cancer isn’t high ...

Whilst having a smear test isn't exactly at the top of our list of 'fun things to do', they are a health essential for anyone with a cervix – something that former Love Island star, Amy Hart, who ...

Over the weekend, singer LeAnn Rimes revealed in an Instagram post that she underwent "minor surgery" to remove precancerous cells after her annual pap smear came back abnormal. The 41-year-old shared ...

The cervix is a fibromuscular organ that forms a canal between the lower, narrow end of the uterus and the vagina. The cervix is typically 2–3 centimeters (cm) in length, though the size may differ ...