I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
If you’re a woman, your GP or gynaecologist undoubtedly press-gangs you into having a Pap smear test periodically to screen against cervical cancer.
In these tests, named after Dr George Papanicolaou, who developed it in 1941,
A major study involving over 12,000 women has shown that conservative treatment of CIN believed to be a precursor of cervical cancer can dramatically reduce the risk of full blown cancer occurring ...
SCREENING: What takes 10,000 women up to 35 years to achieve?
Women on the contraceptive pill double the risk of developing cervical cancer, new research has discovered. The risk quadruples if a woman takes the Pill for more than 12 years. ...
A new test for cervical cancer, a supposed improvement over the pap smear tests now used, has shown a high rate of false positives. ...
Women have had another salutary reminder that, despite what doctors and the government like to pretend, the cervical smear test is a far from foolproof marker for cancer (see WDDTY, Vol 1 No 3). ...
The belief that a virus that causes genital warts is also the cause of cervical cancer has been discounted following a study of 200 women. ...
Certain nutritional deficiencies can enhance the chances of developing cervical cancer in a woman already at risk of developing the disease. ...
A decided lack of standards in the cervical cancer screening programme is responsible for many false diagnoses of cancer, announced the National Audit Office. ...