What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe Ayre's spatula, which is widely used in the collection of samples for Pap smears, is the least effective of the major devices used for Pap smear collection, according to a review of 39 smear t ...
US health authorities are spending too much time and money scheduling Pap smears for women who have had a hysterectomy. ...
Smoking and alcohol may be major causes of the skin complaint psoriasis. Smoking seems more likely to trigger it in women, whereas alcohol is more likely to be the cause in men. ...
Regular screening of women at low risk of developing cervical cancer is a waste of money and resources, researchers believe.
Although women are pressurized to have a cervical smear test, a major new official study shows it is ineffective. ...
A decided lack of standards in the cervical cancer screening programme is responsible for many false diagnoses of cancer, announced the National Audit Office. ...
Inflammation of the cervix should not be taken as indicative of any disease, according to Canadian research. ...
Women whose cervical smears turn up mild abnormalities should not have invasive investigations, according to guidelines recently drawn up by a workshop in Oxford. ...
Subjecting women with mildly abnormal cervical smear test results to an immediate colposcopy examination is no more effective than simple observation (The Lancet, 10 July 1993).
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,
