The initiative will see women who fail to attend an in-person check sent a self-sampling kit in the post which can be ...

People who are uninsured or part of a minority racial or ethnic group are underscreened for cervical cancer. Mailing them a self-sample kit may help.

A new home cervical cancer test kit is not the "gold standard" - but is a "good enough" alternative for those who cannot make ...

At-home self-testing for HPV could increase cervical cancer screening rates Twice as many women participated in screening if offered an at-home mail-in kit The U.S. Food and Drug Administration OK ...

As part of the 10 Year Health Plan, the UK Government has announced it will offer home-testing kits for cervical cancer ...

Cervical cancer screening more than doubled when women were offered a mail-in self-collection test for human papillomavirus (HPV), researchers reported June 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

After signing up to be a donor in 2017, Mya Linklater was excited to learn that she had the opportunity to save a young child ...

Cathey Chustz, a lifelong Baton Rouge local, has been married 44 years and has two grown daughters and two young ...

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The doctor is in — the mailbox, that is. You can now do self-administered tests for everything from thyroid function to HIV in the privacy of your own home — and that list continues to grow, as the ...

Contrary to common belief, bowel cancer does not only affect older people. It can impact men and women, young and old, and ...

People who take weight-loss drugs hoping to achieve the impressive results observed in large clinical trials may need to adjust their expectations, a new study suggests.