As a Biomedical Science student at University, I regularly learn about all sorts of medical conditions and diseases. One of the modules I study this year is The Biology of Disease which is basically about the aetiology and pathophysiology of different diseases. One lecture I had recently was on cancer and a brief talk of cancer screening was mentioned. The main point that stuck out to me in this lecture was the age that cervical cancer smears are begun to be taken. The earliest age is 25, that's right, 25! In my opinion (and a lot of other people's), this age is far too high for a woman to have their first cervical cancer screening test. I think it should be lowered to a more appropriate age of 18 or 21.