Patients are generally told that pap smears will cause pressure or feel like a pinch, but truly intolerable pain is rarely treated as an option, except for in patients with serious sexual trauma ...

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But the truth is that, although HPV is common, certain strains of the virus can be dangerous. And as with any STI, there’s a ...

Women with endometriosis usually experience worse ovulation pain. Misplaced uterine cells respond to hormonal surges just like normal uterine lining—causing inflammation.

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Rebecca "Bekah" Charleston was arrested in 2006 for tax evasion. The White House said she is a victim of sex trafficking who was forced into prostitution. She was pardoned in 2020.

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A Pap smear, which is done the same way, tests for changes in cervical cells and not the HPV virus specifically—but typically, an abnormal result is highly suggestive of HPV.

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