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Hands up if you've ever put off booking – or going to – your cervical screening because you felt a) embarrassed, b) worried it would hurt, c) too busy or d) you simply couldn't get an appointment. You ...

Cervical radiculopathy can be a work-related injury, and signs include pain that starts around the neck or shoulder and travels into the arm. There are conservative treatments available; early medical ...

In a reward-free touchscreen game, Japanese macaques favored a button that made a puppet pop up in somewhat unpredictable spots, like curious humans. Six zoo orangutans heard laughter before learning ...

Modern vehicles are packed with larger screens, faster processors, and supposedly smarter interfaces. Yet according to a new Swedish test, completing everyday tasks behind the wheel is actually taking ...

Blood tests on the horizon, and under federal regulatory view, may be about to transform cancer care — and survival. The Food and Drug Administration has been evaluating a blood test called Galleri ...

UT Health San Antonio has been selected as a recipient of the American Cancer Society's Self-Collected Human Papillomavirus Readiness Pilot (SHaRP) grant, a national initiative designed to help health ...

One health system that implemented HPV self-collection kits saw a 2.2 percentage point increase in screening rates compared with a period before self-collection. Earlier studies at the health system ...

A team of Rice University bioengineers has developed a new way to create highly realistic “mock” patient samples that could help accelerate the development of faster, more accessible cervical cancer ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved at-home tests for human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that can sometimes lead to cervical cancer. Doctors hope the new option ...

The long-predicted day has finally come. There is cause for great rejoicing. Why? Because after years of research, the American Cancer Society has recently recommended self-swabbing as an acceptable ...