Abstract: Dysphagia, a common condition in older adults and patients with neurological or head and neck conditions, can lead to severe complications if not promptly detected and managed. Conventional ...

Objective: To study cases of neonates diagnosed with ankyloglossia in a maternity hospital, submitted to frenotomies with the aid of a high-power laser. Material and Methods: 18 newborns in a ...

On the heels of comedian Dave Coulier’s announcement of his tongue cancer diagnosis, experts are sharing what to know about the disease. Coulier, 66, announced in a Tuesday interview that he has been ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Dave Coulier has been diagnosed with HPV-related ...

For thousands of years traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners have checked patients’ tongues as part of a full examination, carefully scrutinizing their color, shape and coating in an ...

(NEXSTAR) – Do you have a “geographic tongue”? No, it’s not a nickname for a person who speaks multiple languages, or even a glutton who enjoys a diverse range of worldly cuisines. It’s actually a ...

ABSTRACT: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disease characterized by repeated upper airway collapse during sleep. Obstruction, collapse, and stenosis are due to abnormalities of the ...

We all have tastebuds, and some of us even have more textured tongues than others, but you know an out-of-place tongue bump when you see one. It could be swollen, discolored, or even painful. Such ...

In what appeared to be a slip of the tongue, “Saturday Night Live” alumna Kate McKinnon recently revealed to People that she has an odd but harmless medical condition called “geographic tongue.” “Your ...