New federal guidelines will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer. According to the new recommendations by the Health Resources and Services Administration, women between the ...

New cervical cancer screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force include self-collection of HPV samples for females starting at age 30. Anchiy/Getty Images Cervical cancer ...

It’s an alternative to the dreaded pap smear, and you can do it yourself right at home.

Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30, according to a new ...

Cervical cancer is often curable when diagnosed in its initial stages and is highly preventable if pre-cancerous abnormalities are caught early. Yet many individuals diagnosed with cervical cancer in ...

Update - U.S. Women Nationwide Can Now Screen for Cervical Cancer at Home With the Teal Wand in Less Than 5 Minutes Starting Wednesday, January 7, women in every single U.S. state can complete their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doctors in Tarrant County have a new tool that could increase screening for HPV in patients: self-testing. The American Cancer ...

Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Effective screening can detect precancerous changes years before cancer develops. But more than 4,300 women will die from cervical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Teal Health’s Teal Wand enables people ages 25-65 years old to screen for cervical cancer at home — no speculum or stirrups ...

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 ...