Health screenings — physical exams, tests and procedures used to detect disease early — are important. Screening tests are designed to detect hidden disease in otherwise healthy people. From ...

The Health Resources and Services Administration just released new guidelines for cervical cancer screenings, which include ...

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first at-home test that can detect three common infections in women ...

(NEW YORK) — Let’s face it, millennials are getting older and need to start adulting and considering their long-term health. Having a proactive approach to health care can save a lot of trouble down ...

A doctor and public health expert explains why the new federal guidelines expanding cervical cancer screening to at-home ...

The FDA has cleared its first at-home collection kit that allows women to screen themselves for human papillomavirus and cervical cancer risk by mailing a sample to a lab—where it is analyzed by the ...

Cancer screening tests are used to check for cancer or signs of cancer risk before a person has symptoms. There are two kinds of benefits from cancer screening tests: detection of abnormal cells that ...

Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30, according to a new ...

Up to 90% of colorectal cancers can be cured if they are found early. But once cancer spreads outside the colon, it is much harder to treat. That’s why regular colorectal cancer screenings, starting ...

For the first time, many people in the United States who should be screened for cervical cancer will have an alternative to ...