This company wants to replace your Pap smear — and promises its DIY cancer screening is less painful By . Diana Bruk. Published May 12, 2025, 2:03 p.m. ET.

Pap smears are dreaded, uncomfortable chores at the OB-GYN's office. They're also life-saving procedures. A new, tampon-shaped do-it-yourself test from Teal Health aims to make the most important ...

While these HPV self-collection tests have several upsides, ob/gyns told MedPage Today that they don't completely replace the utility of the Pap test -- and the U.S. is still behind other ...

A new, tampon-shaped do-it-yourself test from Teal Health aims to make the most important part of your Pap smear — the cervical cancer screening — a little more comfortable and private. On ...

Inflammation on Pap smear results, although a concern, does not indicate any particular pathology and, therefore, does not necessitate routine treatment.