Millions of people are affected by chronic dry mouth, or xerostomia, an agonizing side effect of damaged salivary glands. Currently, there is no cure for it. Researchers have established the world's ...

As a portal into the body’s respiratory and digestive tracts, the mouth is also a window into your overall health. Here are some of the many conditions that can affect the human mouth.

Although there have been dozens of cases of human foot-and-mouth reported worldwide, the only previous UK case happened in 1966 in Northumberland. A 35-year-old man, Bobby Brewis, a farm machinery ...