Speculum: The creepy history of this ancient gynecological device and why it's still feared today
Women's health is in crisis. In many places, gynecology waiting lists are rising or are even at record lengths.
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Investigative Techniques: News and Research on Cytodiagnosis
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Study finds increase in women 65 and older dying of cervical cancer
A new study conducted by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows an alarming number of California women 65 and older are facing late-stage cervical cancer diagnoses and dying from the disease. This is despite ...
Jan 9, 2023
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Preventing cervical cancer
Silent but deadly. These are words often used to describe cervical cancer—a slow-growing disease that rarely causes symptoms in its early stages.
Jan 5, 2023
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Q&A: What's the connection between HPV and cervical cancer?
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, yet more than 14,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with the disease this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Cervical cancer is often stigmatized due ...
Dec 28, 2022
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Where do reproductive-age women receive preventive health care?
While preventive health care is usually associated with primary care providers, a majority of office visits for preventive services among reproductive-age women happened with obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs), a University ...
Dec 22, 2022
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Having a high health insurance deductible leads women to skip testing after abnormal mammograms
One in five women is likely to forgo additional testing after an abnormal finding on a screening mammogram if there is a deductible, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society ...
Nov 29, 2022
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Are older women being over-screened for cervical cancer?
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that women over the age of 65 may be undergoing unnecessary cervical cancer screenings and that more public health data is needed on the utilization of cervical cancer ...
Nov 28, 2022
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Population scientist identifies rapid rise in cervical cancer in millennial women
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Ashish Deshmukh, Ph.D., has identified a dramatic recent rise in cervical cancer incidence among women in their early 30s. This work was published Nov. 21 in the Journal of the American ...
Nov 21, 2022
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PET/MRI machine learning model can eliminate sentinel lymph node biopsy in majority of breast cancer patients
Nearly 70% of breast cancer patients could find out if their cancer has spread to their lymph nodes without having to undergo an invasive sentinel node biopsy. New research published ahead of print in the Journal of Nuclear ...
Nov 10, 2022
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Flexible surgical needle offers enhanced precision
Engineers from EPFL and the University of Strasbourg have developed an innovative surgical needle whose trajectory can be corrected on the fly, thanks to a flexible tip controlled with a simple button. Intended for use in ...
Oct 21, 2022
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