Determined to make HPV and cervical cancer screenings less invasive, these researchers have turned to menstrual blood.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new device called the Teal Wand, which its creator describes as an "at-home vaginal sample self-collection device for cervical cancer screening." It ...

The Teal Wand self-collection device from Teal Health is used for at-home cervical cancer screening. (Nicole Morrison / Teal Health via AP) What are the benefits of at-home tests?

The Teal Wand self-collection device from Teal Health is used for at-home cervical cancer screening. (Nicole Morrison / Teal Health via AP) What are the benefits of at-home tests?

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FDA Approves First At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Test: Teal Wand In a groundbreaking move for women's health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Teal Wand™, the first ...

In the Philippines’ Scale Up Cervical Cancer Elimination with Secondary prevention Strategy (SUCCESS) project, 96 percent of participants across urban and rural communities successfully self-collected ...

Cervical cancer may cause a watery discharge that is tinged with blood or has a foul smell. These symptoms can often be confused with common infections like bacterial vaginosis or yeast infections.

Cervical screening, while not a diagnostic test, is for people without symptoms and aims to detect early changes which could go on to develop into cervical cancer if left untreated.

Cervical cancer screening more than doubled when women were offered a mail-in self-collection test for human papillomavirus (HPV), researchers reported June 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Virtually ...

Testing negative for HPV means the chances of developing cancer within five years are very small, as it can take around 10 years or more from the time HPV is detected to developing cervical cancer.