Screening for cervical cancer many soon be possible within the privacy of your own home. On May 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Teal Wand, a tamponlike tool people can use to ...

Teal Health has made an at-home test that screens for human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes nearly all cervical cancers.

(CNN) — To get screened for cervical cancer, patients in the United States may no longer need to put their feet in those awkward stirrups, brace for the uncomfortable speculum or even take the ...

The Teal Wand is an at-home vaginal sample self-collection device that tests for HPV. The test will first be available in ...

A landmark review, now published in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, offers a sweeping and ...

Pap smears are a vital tool for preventing cervical cancer because they can detect cell abnormalities before they become cancerous. Unfortunately, systematic barriers or a lack of comfort with the ...

Five of the 14 cancers -- melanoma, plasma-cell neoplasms (including multiple myeloma), cervical cancer ... there may be risk ...

While it's a crucial part of testing for HPV and cervical cancer, the test can range from uncomfortable to downright painful. Between having to strip down and endure the hard metal speculum ...