When not to get a Pap Test
If you dutifully visit your ob-gyn for a Pap smear every year, you might want to change your routine. There are new government guidelines for the test, which checks for abnormal changes in cells...
Tagged: Cervical cancer
U.S. Public Health
During the 20th century in the U.S., life expectancy at birth increased by 62 percent, from 47 years in 1900 to 76 years in 2000—a nearly 30-year increase. Improvement in the health status of...
Detect Ovarian Cancer
It’s the fourth leading cancer killer among American women, but unlike breast and cervical cancer, there is no test designed to catch ovarian cancer before it spreads. So what is a woman’s best defense?...
A medical check-up for women
Oil changes, wheel alignments, emissions tests. You get them done regularly to keep your car running, but when was the last time you had a medical tune-up? Unfortunately, a woman’s good health sometimes takes...