Your tongue may seem, well, mostly ignorable, but you want it to stay heathy because it's essential for licking, breathing, tasting, swallowing and speaking clearly. It manages to do all this because ...
Most people wouldn't think the tongue has much to do with their emotional regulation, but according to Jules Horn, the unique ...
Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia found that people living with MND, also known as ALS, who have ...
This is a post for all the kids who stick their tongue in places they shouldn't, and the parents who tell them not to. Late one afternoon last September, an EMT crew delivered a 9-year-old boy to the ...
A mom battling tongue cancer found a special way of ensuring her kids will always be able to hear her voice the way they remembered it. Jamie Powell is a special education teacher and children's ...
New research shows that fish and mammals chew differently. Fish use tongue muscles to thrust food backward, while mammals use tongue muscles to position food for grinding. The evolutionary divergence ...
A change in tongue muscle mass has been linked to cognitive decline in people with dementia, potentially heralding a new tool for clinicians testing for the progression of the disease. This test would ...