F.D.A. Approves First At-Home Alternative to the Pap Smear The tool will allow women to screen for HPV, which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, without visiting a doctor.
not only are you able to do the test without going to the doctor but:
>The new test, made by Teal Health, involves swabbing the vagina with a spongelike tool rather than inserting a speculum and scraping cells from the cervix, as doctors do in Pap smears.
Why was sponging not the standard method to perform the test? Sounds a lot better than scraping
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not only are you able to do the test without going to the doctor but:
>The new test, made by Teal Health, involves swabbing the vagina with a spongelike tool rather than inserting a speculum and scraping cells from the cervix, as doctors do in Pap smears.
Why was sponging not the standard method to perform the test? Sounds a lot better than scraping