As a mum, your days are probably a mix of nursery or school runs, while juggling work-related or other household tasks. This often means that your own health concerns often slip to the bottom of the ...

A grandmother who says a smear test saved her life after detecting cancer has urged others not to delay having the check. Gayle Maxwell was told aged just 39 that she had cancer on February 17, 2015.

Let's be honest: Pap smears are terrible. Every year, I stare at the ceiling and try my hardest to ignore the scraping of my insides. In the age of AI chatbots and self-driving cars, how has no one ...

Getting a Pap smear isn’t high on most people’s list, but it’s the go-to test to look for cervical changes that could lead to cancer. So, most women endure it every three or so years. Now, there’s a ...

What's it really like to go for your first smear test? Daily Record writer Eilidh Farquhar shares her experience ...

Earlier this year the Food and Drug Administration approved a new human papillomavirus test that allows for self-collection of samples in a health care setting, thereby removing what many say is an ...

When they said not to wait for your first pap smear, they were not kidding. I got my first pap smear at 23, two years later than I should have. A month later, I learned my test result was abnormal. A ...

The experts share answers to the most commonly asked smear test questions and advice on getting through the test if you're anxious.

Jasmine Harman told her fans that a male nurse recognised her as the co-host of A Place in the Sun when he examined the star ...

Well-known comedian and actor Diona Doherty has spoken of her "guilt" and "stupidity" over going 12 years without a smear test, after a recent one showed severe pre‑cancerous cell changes. The 36-year ...