How does our sense of taste work, and why did it evolve? What are taste buds, and how do they register the five basic sensations of sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami (a Japanese word describing ...

A white tongue can be caused by dehydration, a yeast infection, or smoking. If the white film doesn't move when you scrape it ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Pity the smokers. They’re more likely to have flatter fungiform papillae ...

A new analysis found that mean radiation dose to the tongue mucosa did not improve predictions of taste impairment in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) compared with mean dose to the oral ...