It’s normal to be a jumble of nerves before getting a Pap smear. A Pap can feel awkward, intimidating, or even emotionally triggering for some. Good doctors know their patients might have these ...

Mon, April 29, 2019 at 2:30 PM UTC “Roughly over 79 million Americans have HPV, typically in your teens to 20s but also many people over the age of 30,” Navya Mysore, MD, family physician and office ...

You may only need a Pap test once every three years, but that doesn't mean you should neglect your OB/GYN during the time in-between, either. There are a lot of health benefits to visiting your doctor ...

Even if you've never seen a gynecologist, you've likely heard of a Pap smear, the screening that can help detect abnormal cells in the cervix, which could potentially lead to cervical cancer. While it ...

Pap smears used to be a no-brainer: You’d see your ob/gyn for your yearly wellness check and would get an annual Pap in the process. But recommendations changed in the last few years and now it’s not ...

So you went for your regular ob-gyn checkup, had a routine Pap smear...then promptly forgot about it as you continued your busy life. Now your doc has left you a message telling you that it came back ...

While they’re not your therapist, an OB-GYN has a great medical impact on your health, comfort-level, everyday happiness and reproductive longevity. Their advice can help shape your contraception ...

Cervical fluid samples gathered during routine Papanicolaou (Pap) tests are the basis of a new screening test for endometrial and ovarian cancers. Cervical fluid samples gathered during routine ...

Legs harnessed in an airborne straddle. Feeble pleas from your ob-gyn to scooch up. Cold, clunky metal speculum pushed into your vagina, followed by clanging and scraping. Pap smears are, at worst, a ...

Cervical fluid samples gathered during routine Papanicolaou (Pap) tests are the basis of a new screening test for endometrial and ovarian cancers developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel ...