Tag: Cervical Cancer

There is an HPV vaccine available. Here’s why you or your child should get it.

There is an HPV vaccine available. Here’s why you or your child should get it.   HPV, short for Human Papillomavirus, is a group of over 150 related viruses that can be sexually transmitted. These viruses cause infections that lead to conditions ranging from genital warts to cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal and oropharyngeal cancers. […]

To Pap or not to Pap

To pap or not to pap?   Written by Dr. Teng  The guidelines for cervical cancer screening have changed several times in the last decade.  You may have been told by someone that you need your pap test every year, or you may have read somewhere else that you don’t.  You may be wondering why people […]