January is Cervical Health Awareness Month and there’s no better place to focus your attention than your cervix. From that one small area – that comprises the “nose-like” projection at the top of your vagina – a lot of great things can happen, a few “not-so-great”...
HPV stands for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). It’s the most commonly spread STD around. In fact, most experts believe that almost everyone who is sexually active will carry a strain of HPV at one point or another. Some strains of HPV can lead to cancer, and that’s why...
Pap tests, or pap smears, are a routine method used to screen women for cervical cancer. For most women, it is a mildly uncomfortable test, performed quickly by your gynecologist, and then not thought about again until the next time around. The results are categorized...
