Yes, you can have a Pap smear exam on your period. However, heavy bleeding may make it harder to detect abnormal cervical ...

What really causes cancer A panel at Healthcare Heroes 2025 discussed how pollution stress genetics and nutrition interact to impact cancer risks Experts reveal prevention insights ...

If pain is a message telling us to rest, or hydrate, or attend to any of our other survival needs, why are we so dead set on ...

Despite being one of the most preventable cancers, cervical cancer remains a leading cause of death in women worldwide, ...

While Pap smears were effective at preventing cervical ... This means many people can take their own sample using a simple swab from the low to mid-vagina. This self-sampling method (often called ...

Professor Bev Lawton says eliminating cervical cancer is “within our grasp” and the day New Zealand decides to commit to and ...

If that’s you, she says, you might consider looking for a holistic-minded provider who’s open to longer appointments and ...

As provinces across Canada change their main method of screening from the Pap smear to HPV testing ... a speculum into a patient’s vagina to swab their cervix, which Vahabi said can be ...