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Ever notice white patches on your tongue or redness in your mouth or throat? It could be oral thrush, a common fungal ...

Thrush, caused by candida (yeast) infections, is more likely to occur in people who have been taking antibiotics. Diseases spread through saliva include mono, strep, and rotavirus. Many infections can ...

The research team was able to show that saliva contains special vesicles that trigger rapid coagulation of the blood of hemophilic patients. The results, which were recently published in the ...

A major limitation of studies using CAR is that protocols typically only assess samples obtained after waking up, and not in the period prior to this, since measurements are taken in saliva.

Dry mouth, or xerostomia, occurs when there is not enough saliva (or "spit") to lubricate the tongue, gums, and inside of the cheeks. Saliva is critical for chewing, swallowing, digestion ...

This is what Singapore-based start-up Prelude Health is aiming to do, with its rapid at-home saliva test, Hormony. The test allows women to track their patterns by measuring, monitoring and managing ...