INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — As another year begins, Check Up 13 is focusing on women's health, specifically HPV testing and Pap smears. The routine Pap smear is a test where doctors retrieve samples of ...

The FDA has approved two new self-screening tests for HPV. Patients would be able to access the self-screening test at a physician’s office. While these tests can act as a supplement, the pelvic exam ...

Earlier this year the Food and Drug Administration approved a new human papillomavirus test that allows for self-collection of samples in a health care setting, thereby removing what many say is an ...

Cervical health is crucial to a woman’s overall well-being year-round, and Cervical Health Awareness Month in January helps highlight how routine screenings and vaccinations help protect women. More ...

Venlo, The Netherlands, MD – Sept. 21, 2008 – A new HPV test developed by QIAGEN specifically for use in regions of the world with scarce resources is "substantially" more accurate in identifying ...

A gynecologist says at-home HPV tests aren't as accurate as a medical vaginal exams, but still pretty good—and way better than not getting the test at all. The pandemic has meant that many scheduled ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the country’s first at-home HPV screening device. The test is designed as an alternative to the Pap smear, a procedure that detects precancerous ...

Cervical cancer affects thousands of Americans each year. It’s also an area where we can truly celebrate the progress we have made to get those rates down and improve health and wellbeing with leaps ...

TUESDAY, Aug. 21, 2018 -- The Pap smear has long been the gold standard for cervical cancer screening, but an expert panel now says the human papillomavirus, or HPV, test is also an option for women ...

Dr Stephanie Egboh of Healthtracka shares how a simple 10-minute Pap smear and HPV vaccination can protect millions of women ...

A blood test based on whole-genome sequencing achieved 99% sensitivity and specificity for detecting HPV-positive head and neck cancer. Early postoperative detection of circulating tumor DNA predicted ...