Cervical cancer screening can now include “self-swab” HPV tests, according to updated guidelines published Thursday by the American Cancer Society. The change, experts hope, will encourage more women ...

What is a cervical screening test? During the screening test, a nurse or doctor uses a small soft brush to take a sample of cells from your cervix . This test looks for a virus called human ...

Taoist philosophy holds that women possess three “gates” of orgasm: the clitoris, the G-spot and the cervix. The clitoris is recognized as an easy and effective path to orgasm. The G-spot can be ...

Giving people with cervical cancer a short course of chemotherapy before radiation therapy dramatically improves survival according to the results of a new clinical trial. The data published in The ...

Starting this fall, women will be able to use a simple swab to screen for cervical cancer. The method offers an alternative to a procedure that many dread — and promises to address disparities in who ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Tuesday approved a new way for people to screen for signs of cervical cancer. Patients using the new method will self-screen with a swab at the doctors ...

If you have a vagina, you know things can ebb and flow (sometimes confusingly) in your lower region. Maybe you wake up with heinous cramps and wonder if your period is en route—or perhaps you just ...

Cervical spondylosis is also called cervical osteoarthritis. It is a condition involving changes to the bones, disks, and joints of the neck, usually as people age. Cervical spondylosis most often ...

Cervical dysplasia is a precancerous condition in which abnormal cell growth occurs on the surface lining of the cervix or endocervical canal, the opening between the uterus and the vagina. It is also ...

Pre-cervical cancer refers to atypical changes in the cervix. Experts grade these changes based on the extent of the cellular abnormalities. Not everyone with atypical cervical cells develops cervical ...

A historic new study out of Scotland shows the real-world impact of vaccines against the human papillomavirus: The country has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who ...