Thrilla in vanilla: Michael Jackson's press conference announcing some London shows he'll soon cancel was not exactly a thriller. See the video Scanner Emily shared yesterday. Dr. Sanjay Gupta has decided to turn down a job in the Obama Administration. Hero of the day: the nurse who bought a...

  We're barely even at the "attempting to wakeup" stage on this Monday morning, but luckily, Lily Allen has made another public faux pas that is quickly waking us up. At this rate, we might even be able to operate heavy machinery or, even better, a margarita blender by noon... Lil...

Via Feministing: Planned Parenthood in Indiana is offering a gift certificate service for the winter gifting festival: it is redeemable for the reproductive health services their clinics offer, and their hope is particularly that women on low incomes will be able to ensure that they keep up their we...

Be Cervix Savvy is a new English cervical screening “awareness” campaign by registered charity Jo’s Trust and Hologic/Cytyc (manufacturers of the ThinPrep cervical screening system). There is some good, plain-language information at the site, though much of it is inexplicably obscu...

I'm not going to be the first or last woman on this planet who'll (most likely) think of better things to do when a cervical smear is due. I don't want to reveal how long it has been for me, and yes it's quite silly, but crikey, the conversations gynecologists come up with during an examination alwa...

Today I took a sick day from work, not for any illness and not to get out of work (though that was an added benefit), but because I had a doctor's appointment. I called before the holidays to get an appointment with my doctor, and the girl scheduling me said I was due for a pap smear. Oh, the blesse...

Well, I officially feel like a woman now. I've went for my first ever gynocologist appointment today. I do have to say it was as unpleasant an experience as everyone made it out to be and perhaps a little worse for me. The breast exam was fine and dandy, but I do have to say that the pap smear was h...