It’s quite distasteful. Your last meal is usually to blame if there’s a bad taste lingering in your mouth — but it could also ...

Do you feel like you can taste the spare change in your pocket? These days, it can be concerning if you lose your sense of taste, but even more alarming when you are left with a metallic taste in your ...

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A sore throat, loss of taste, and a burning tongue are telltale signs something is wrong. But the culprit might surprise you. These symptoms can be caused by candidiasis of the mouth—also known as ...

Laryngopharyngeal reflux, also known as silent reflux, can also play an ‘instrumental role’ in causing an odd taste in your mouth. This is a condition where stomach acid and enzymes travel back into ...

Dry mouth, loss of taste, olfactory dysfunction, or a combination of these symptoms may be the sole or initial signs of COVID-19, according to a new study published on September 15 in the American ...

Taste-bud receptors, primarily on the tongue, sense the qualities of salty, sour, bitter, sweet, and umami (the taste of glutamate). While sweet, umami, and salty foods provide pleasurable sensations ...

The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can infect cells in the mouth, which may spur the virus's spread both in the body and to other people, according to a preliminary study. The researchers went on to sample ...

How good are you at tasting what you eat? Not just gulping food down, but actually savoring the flavor? When you think about how taste works, you may think about your tongue and taste buds, and how ...

A viral body modifier never has to choose between Coke or Pepsi. Brianna Mary Shihadeh, known as @flowerfriendly on TikTok, is a dreadlock artist from California who surgically split her tongue. The ...

From better oral health to smoother digestion, there may be reasons to incorporate this Ayurvedic tradition into your daily routine. Most of us don’t give our tongues a second thought during our daily ...