Your last meal is usually to blame if there’s a bad taste lingering in your mouth — but it could also be a sign you’re sick. So if something’s sour — or stale or rotten or just otherwise gross — read ...

A mouth should not look the way Jake Paul's did after his boxing loss Friday to Anthony Joshua at Kaseya Center in Miami. Immediately following his sixth-round TKO defeat, Paul indicated he believed ...

Scientists are discovering that the oral microbiome—home to hundreds of species of bacteria and fungi—may help predict everything from cancer risk to heart and brain health. A dentist reviews a dental ...

What do Orajel products treat? Orajel products are used to treat mouth pain, including cold sores (fever blisters) and canker sores. Cold sores are caused by a virus called herpes simplex virus (HSV), ...

Taping your mouth shut while sleeping might not sound appealing. But its proponents claim a vast array of benefits, from alleviating respiratory conditions to better-smelling breath and even a more ...

CHICAGO -- Health officials in the mid-Atlantic region have recently reported a rise in hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD. There were 197 emergency department visits related to the disease in ...

A Lancaster County pediatrician is seeing more cases of hand, foot and mouth disease during a year when some surrounding states are reporting increased outbreaks. Health officials in Maryland, New ...

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious — but usually mild — illness that typically affects kids under 5. As the name suggests, the illness affects the hands, feet and mouth, causing a ...

Health officials in the mid-Atlantic region have recently reported a rise in hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD. What is hand, foot and mouth disease, and what causes it? How is it spread? What are ...

Is taping your mouth shut really the secret to better sleep? Mouth taping is the latest sleep hack to go viral on social media. Some claim the practice leads to deeper sleep, less snoring and more ...

“While most cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease are mild, the virus spreads easily in group environments like schools and daycares,” said Dr. Bruce Randolph Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer ...