New federal screening guidance expands cervical cancer testing with at-home option

A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical ...

US now supports self-swab HPV test. Get the details

HHS released updated cervical cancer screening guidelines on Jan. 5, allowing for self-administered HPV tests as an ...

An easy at-home test to replace Pap smears is here—and will soon be fully covered by most insurance

While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...

Federal guidelines now include at-home test to check for cervical cancer

The at-home tests are not yet available, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two self-swab tests from the ...

U.S. Backs At-Home HPV Testing to Boost Cervical Cancer Screening

In May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first at-home cervical cancer screening tool, developed by ...
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Moving to Multi-Cancer Screening With a Simple Blood Test

Exact Science’s Michelle Beidelschies, PhD, reveals how a multi-biomarker class multi-cancer early detection test (MCED) blood test can help health systems expand detection across more cancers earlier ...

'I've been denied cervical screening four times'

Emily Salter, who is unable to walk after falling from a 9m (30ft) cliff seven years ago, said she had tried to arrange for ...

Study confirms high cost effectiveness of prostate cancer screening

A research team from the Department of Surgery and the Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of ...
BMJ

What are the critical elements of sideline screening that can be used to establish the diagnosis of concussion? A systematic review

Background Sideline detection is the first and most significant step in recognising a potential concussion and removing an athlete from harm. This systematic review aims to evaluate the critical ...