But thanks to a screening test called a Pap smear, doctors can catch any abnormal cells early and treat them before they become cancerous. Here's what you need to know about Pap smears ...

A pap smear (or pap test) is a screening for cervical cancer. It involves taking cells from the cervix and vagina and examining them under a microscope. The test is looking for cervical ...

More than half of women surveyed mistakenly believed that Pap smears test for cancer. In reality, the primary goal of the test is to detect abnormal cell changes in the cervix — changes that ...

From age 30 onward, testing every 5 years is recommended if both a Pap smear and an HPV test are performed together.

In the second study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, over 12,000 women aged 32 to 38 years were randomly assigned to receive either an HPV test plus a Pap smear or, as a control ...

Omni Family Health Omni Family Health is raising awareness about cervical cancer and the importance of early detection ...

The biggest change: Women ages 30 to 65 should get an HPV test every five years instead of a Pap smear every three years. Pap ...

Programs like this not only alleviate women’s concerns about contracting cervical cancer but also reduce their financial burden, as a pap smear test in the Philippines typically costs between P1,000 ...

"Malaki ang aming kawalan, 'yung mga pananim namin ay nasira, pati 'yung mga hayop namin namamatay," she said. More than 100 farmers and kakanin vendors in Canlaon also received free pap smears and ...