Shirley Chung recently made a major announcement about her tongue cancer, raising awareness and helping people spot the signs of this devastating disease.

New research shows that the gum disease bacterium P. gingivalis can slip into the bloodstream and infiltrate the heart. There, it quietly drives scar tissue buildup -- distorting the heart's ...

Tempted to skip the floss? Your heart might thank you if you don't. A new study from Hiroshima University (HU) finds that the ...

Finding a single "umbrella" diagnosis for lung, mouth, and eye problems at the same time was going to be a challenge.

coli), a cause of intestinal infections Candida albicans (C. albicans), which causes fungal infections in the mouth and vagina Further studies are necessary to better understand the potential ...

An exhausted carer thought her mouth ulcer was just down to job stress when it first appeared under her tongue. However, when she eventually had it checked over by doctors, Jessica Tappenden ...

A CARER was horrified to discover her "work stress" mouth ulcer was CANCER - and had a new tongue built using skin from her tattooed arm. Jessica Tappenden-Rowell noticed what she believed to be a ...

Background: Peptic ulcer (PU) is one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases worldwide. With advances in medical technology, the global disease burden of PU has been effectively controlled.

A carer was horrified to discover her 'work stress' mouth ulcer was cancer - and had a new tongue built using skin from her tattooed arm. Jessica Tappenden-Rowell noticed what she believed to be a ...

But many people get cold sores that come back. Cold sores, or fever blisters, are groups of small blisters on the lip and around the mouth. The skin around the blisters is often red, swollen ...

How Are Cold Sores Diagnosed? To see if you have the herpes simplex virus (HSV), which causes cold sores, your doctor may simply examine the cold sore or may take a culture from it. The doctor may ...