Your daily saliva offers vital health clues, from dry mouth signaling diabetes to foamy saliva indicating acid reflux. Changes in its color, texture, or volume can reveal stress, infections, ...

A few drops of saliva can now reveal what used to require a scalpel, a syringe or a scan. Scientists have developed ways to analyze spit for the tiniest traces of illness—from mouth cancer to diabetes ...

When things are amiss with your mouth — especially your spit — it can be a sign of underlying conditions. When things are amiss with your mouth — especially your spit — it can be a sign of underlying ...

A research team led by the University of the Basque Country (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, EHU) has identified hundreds of molecular markers in saliva that could reveal the risk of a person ...

“Saliva is one of the most accessible biological fluids but it is still underutilised in clinical practice”, said José Ramón Bilbao, Professor of Medical Genetics at the EHU and one of the lead ...

The bodily fluids of dangerous animals such as snakes and spiders are not ones you want to come into contact with if you can help it, but researchers continues to show how they can contain key ...

For decades, checking your metabolic health meant a needle. It involved a trip to a clinic, a blood draw, and a wait for lab results. This process measures key markers like blood sugar. But it often ...

Periodontitis, a common oral health problem that involves infected gums, is linked to cardiovascular disease. Scientists studying the inflammation that precedes periodontitis have found that higher ...

WASHINGTON, DC — A new Canadian study shows that metabolites in salivary samples may be able to discriminate normal aging from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and can ...