http://goldbamboo.com/ Pap Smear News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a216681.html Fewer women in the U.K. are taking the regular pap smear test (the test detects the early signs of cervical cancer). As a result, more women are prone to developing advanced stages of the disease. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:19 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a222458.html A test for the two strains of human papillomavirus responsible for most cervical cancers is under study.The molecular assay uses a cervical scraping, like that for a liquid-based Pap smear, to test for HPV types 16 and 18, responsible for 70 percent of cervical cancers, says Dr. Daron G. [click link for full article] Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a220163.html Last month, the BMJ reported a fall in the number of young women attending smear tests. Now, two senior doctors warn that a new policy not to screen women aged 20-24 may be a factor in falling coverage and could increase the risk of cancer developing in young women. [click link for full article] Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a216680.html Thousands of young women are failing to have cervical smear tests, figures for England have revealed. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:13 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a212589.html A report, published in health journal Sexual Health, has found nearly all women had had at least one Pap smear test in their lives with 26 percent reporting an abnormal result. Two thirds of these women were treated at clinics after abnormal tests with about one in five women reporting negative effects on their sex lives. Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:00 EST