Women now have an alternative to the Pap smear as a screening test for cervical cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved an at-home screening test. As Reuters reported, Pap ...

Cervical cancer occurs in the cells of the cervix, the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. It is primarily caused by persistent infection with certain strains of the human ...

In an effort to combat the prevalence of cervical cancer in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ever at-home cervical cancer screening kit. On Friday, May 9, the ...

Women 30 and older should be given an opportunity to self-test for cervical cancer, a federal health panel advised this week as part of an effort to expand screenings to groups that do not get enough ...

(CBS) -- The maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test said Friday it has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, giving patients an alternative to in-clinic pap smears. The ...

Starting today, Californians can order Teal Health’s FDA-approved cervical cancer screening test right to their homes. This represents an important step in making screening for cervical cancer more ...

The human papillomavirus is a common sexually transmitted disease that has the capacity to grow into warts and, sometimes, different types of cancers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Jacqueline Linnes, at left, and biomedical engineering graduate student Sayeh Dowlatshahi assemble paper-based devices using tweezers. (Purdue University photo/Charles Jischke) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – ...

Teal Health's Teal Wand self-collection device for at-home cervical cancer screening was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in May. Teal Health began developing its wand more ...

While Australia leads the world in the fight against cervical cancer, the disease needlessly claims about 250 lives each year. According to the National Cervical Screening program, 27 per cent of ...