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You Can Soon Start Testing for HPV at Home — No Pap Required
The FDA has approved Teal Health's at-home test for HPV detection, which may help expand access to cervical cancer screening ...
First at-home HPV test approved by FDA, could replace Pap smear
The first at-home cervical cancer screening test has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, according to the ...
FDA approves first-ever at-home test for cervical cancer, alternative to pap smear
The FDA recently approved a new tool in the fight against cervical cancer: the first-ever test that can be done at home. Dr.
This company wants to replace your Pap smear — and promises its DIY cancer screening is less painful
A new, FDA-approved device wants “to give women the option to screen comfortably from home at their convenience,” co-founder Kara Egan told The Post.
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F.D.A. Approves First At-Home Alternative to the Pap Smear
The tool will allow women to screen for HPV, which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, without visiting a doctor. By Maggie Astor The Food and Drug Administration approved the United ...
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FDA approves at home HPV test as alternative to pap smear
The Food and Drug Administration just approved an at home test that could be an optional alternative to a yearly pap smear.
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The FDA approves first U.S. at-home tool as a Pap-smear alternative
Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will ...
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This Simple Test Could Replace the Dreaded Pap Smear
Pap smears are terrible. Every year, I stare at the ceiling and try my hardest to ignore the scraping of my insides. In the ...
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A do-it-yourself wand could help replace your next Pap smear (yes, really!)
Nobody likes Pap smears. A new DIY home swab kit for cervical cancer aims to make that part of the procedure more comfortable. It's set to be available to Californians in June, with other states ...
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This Simple Test Could Replace the Dreaded Pap Smear
Let's be honest: Pap smears are terrible. Every year, I stare at the ceiling and try my hardest to ignore the scraping of my insides. In the age of AI chatbots and self-driving cars, how has no ...
FDA approves first at-home cervical cancer screening test, a pap smear alternative, company says
The maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test said Friday it has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, giving patients an alternative to in-clinic pap smears.