Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new device is designed to ...

Testing period blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a “robust alternative or replacement” for a smear test, researchers have said. Using a regular sanitary pad topped with a blood sample ...

OK, we're going to take a few minutes now to talk about periods, as in the menstrual kind. Every month, hundreds of millions of people have their periods. It's blood that literally ends up in the ...

Scientists have unveiled a new device that can be incorporated into menstrual pads and may someday be helpful for screening for diseases like ovarian cancer. The light-weight device looks for disease ...