A few drops of saliva can now reveal what used to require a scalpel, a syringe or a scan. Scientists have developed ways to analyze spit for the tiniest traces of illness—from mouth cancer to diabetes ...

When things are amiss with your mouth — especially your spit — it can be a sign of underlying conditions. When things are amiss with your mouth — especially your spit — it can be a sign of underlying ...

Saliva impacts how different foods taste. Silke Woweries via Getty Images At first glance, saliva seems like pretty boring stuff, merely a convenient way to moisten our food. But the reality is quite ...

How good are you at tasting what you eat? Not just gulping food down, but actually savoring the flavor? When you think about how taste works, you may think about your tongue and taste buds, and how ...

For years, clinical studies have shown a correlation between things like gum disease and chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease. Oral Genome, a member of the Health Wildcatters accelerator, ...

Whenever we yawn, muscles in our mouth and tongue can squeeze some of the saliva-producing glands in there. As a result, we might squirt a tiny stream of saliva without even noticing it! Yeah, just ...

Most of us are awash in saliva: we produce and swallow about a liter of it each day, totaling more than 20,000 L in a lifetime. This substance plays many roles in our everyday lives. It enables us to ...