The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for cervical cancer with cervical cytology – also known as a Pap test or Pap smear – every three years for women ages 21 to 29.

Acne is already bad enough. A pimple might stick around for three to seven days, but the lingering, pesky scar that it leaves behind can last for what feels like an eternity. Enter scar creams ...

A new study found that an “often-overlooked” parasitic infection, already linked to bladder cancer, could also trigger cancer-related gene activity in the cervical lining. Even more troubling ...

Now, scar tape is being touted all over social media as the solution to stubborn acne scars and hyperpigmentation. But the age-old practice isn’t new, dating back to the 1980s when silicone gel ...

Scars, like diamonds, are forever. Right? That is not necessarily true. Made of silicone, scar tape touts that it can be placed over a wound to minimize scarring and accelerate the healing process.

Consider this a public cervix announcement. The American Cancer Society made a dire prediction — nearly 13,400 cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed this year and about 4,300 women ...

Cervical pain, medically known as cervicalgia, refers to pain in the neck or spine below the head. It can cause problems involving stiffness, reduced motion, muscle spasms, and numbness, affecting ...

Laminectomy is a type of spinal decompression surgery where a surgeon removes the bony arch from one or more of your spinal bones (vertebrae). This widens the space around your spine and can help ...

Panel A shows worldwide age-standardized incidence and mortality rates for cervical cancer in 2022. Data are from the GLOBOCAN database and were collated by the International Agency for Research ...

If you’re already prepping for summer, there’s a chance you might have seen the recent Tik Tok trend of people applying extra layers of sunscreen to their scars to combat pigment from sun damage.

That’s because in some cases, serious underlying diseases can be at play, like cervical cancer. “Cervical cancer can be kind of insidious,” Dr. Avila explains. Once the signs become ...