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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “We both have the same medical condition,” she continued. “It’s called geographic tongue. Your ...

If you have an ovarian cyst and suddenly feel a sharp or intense pain in your lower belly, you might wonder if the cyst has ruptured (broken open). A ruptured ovarian cyst can cause a range of ...

Scientists have created the first artificial tongue that can sense and identify flavors entirely in liquid environments — mimicking how human taste buds work. The achievement, described July 15 in the ...

Around one in 10 women will develop ovarian cysts at some point during their lives, and while the prospect of a cyst growing on your ovaries could set off alarm bells, they aren’t something you need ...

A millennial woman with an unusually ridged thumbnail sparked an online discussion after turning to Reddit for help identifying the cause of her oddly textured nail. Reddit user u/chiefmilkshake ...

Shirley Chung is serving up more than Michelin-star meals, she’s delivering news of her most recent major triumph — defeating tongue cancer. Last summer, the “Top Chef” alum announced she had been ...

University of Southern Queensland provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Cysts are small pockets of fluid that form inside the body. Ovarian cysts are common, affecting around one in ten ...

The search for an automated way to “taste-test” products at mass-­production speed and scale has stumped the food and beverage industry for decades. But in a new study, researchers used machine ...

This new device can AI to distinguish between different coffee blends or detect when food or drink may be on the verge of going bad. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Tongue cancer and floor of mouth cancer can both cause cancerous lesions under your tongue. Surgery is the main treatment. Oral cancers like these can spread quickly, so early diagnosis and treatment ...

The overall risk of malignancy in pancreatic cysts may be as low as 0.5 to 1.5%, and the annual risk of progression is 0.5%. 7,15 Conversely, studies estimate that 15% of all pancreatic ...