I have terrible dry mouth all the time. I drink water constantly but that doesn't help for long. What could be wrong with me?

"I'm on anti-cancer treatment, but my mouth is so dry that it's so hard to swallow rice." "I can't even eat kimchi because my ...

When I was a kid, whenever my family and I travelled on a DTC bus in Delhi, I always ended up puking. As far as I remember, not a single trip went by without me feeling uneasy. To this day, I still ...

Your everyday meals owe their deliciousness to saliva, an unsung hero in your mouth. This clear fluid is crucial for flavour perception, texture, and even appetite, as it breaks down food and ...

In a breakthrough for diagnostics, scientists have created an easy and effective test that identifies a heart failure biomarker in saliva, opening the door to more rapid and accessible life-saving ...

Flame-warped pots and pans are suspended along a length of steel cable that trails from an upper terrace to the bare concrete courtyard of the California College of the Arts below. In the school’s ...

Think saliva is spit? Think again. This slippery superhero helps you chew, swallow, fight germs, and keep your teeth and gums happy. It’s packed with special ingredients, like mucins, that act like ...

"In future work, we plan to continue refining this saliva-gel in terms of durability and the amount of artificial saliva it can release with a single use," say study co-authors Suman Debnath and ...

Saliva is more than spit. It helps with chewing and swallowing, protects teeth and gums, and even has antimicrobial and digestive properties. However, certain conditions or medical treatments, such as ...