Health Rounds: Swabs as good as unpleasant speculum exam for detecting cancer-causing HPV
Women can safely skip the unpleasant speculum-based exam for human papillomavirus screening and instead test for the virus themselves using a vaginal swab, two new studies confirm. Genital HPV ...
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Speculum exams unnecessary for HPV screening
Researchers have demonstrated that self-sampling is just as effective as speculum-based testing for HPV detection.
Antarctic expedition confirms the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the Weddell Sea
The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...
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Self-sampling just as effective as speculum-based testing for HPV detection, suggests study
Genital human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and is thought to be ...
HPV infections pose serious risks for both men and women, experts say
HPV infection is most commonly associated with cervical cancer, since roughly 99 per cent of all cervical cancer cases are connected to HPV. Nonetheless, experts warn that HPV is a virus that affects ...