Virtual reality could get more realistic thanks to scientists inventing an artificial tongue that can taste flavours, such as sourness and umami ...

People with acid reflux commonly experience a sour or bitter taste in the mouth and the back of the throat. This may taste metallic to some. One recent study found a relationship between white ...

In the world of wellness trends, it’s easy to get caught up in the latest fad, but some practices have stood the test of time for a reason. One such tradition is tongue scraping: an ancient Ayurvedic ...

Scientists tested a device that helped volunteers taste flavors meant to represent ... The packets feed into a little tube slipped into his mouth. When miniature pumps in the packets receive ...

Because while I'm naturally drawn to the unusual, the interesting, and the downright bizarre, it means I sometimes have to ...

Symptoms of burning mouth syndrome include a burning feeling, numbness, dry mouth, changes in taste, and sore throat/trouble swallowing. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) If you have BMS ...

Taste is a pretty personal sense – and not just because it involves putting stuff in your mouth. It varies wildly person to person, and even bite to bite. What danced across your palate in the ...

Repeatedly coughing up phlegm often brings small amounts of blood into the mouth and onto the taste buds, leading to a distinct metallic taste in your mouth. While this symptom often indicates ...

A new analysis found that mean radiation dose to the tongue mucosa did not improve predictions of taste impairment in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) compared with mean dose to the oral ...

Researchers have taken a step toward that reality with a device that delivers virtual tastes by squirting chemicals onto the tongue. The system, called “e-Taste,” can detect chemicals in ...

But smell is only half the picture. What if you could actually deliver a real taste on the tongue? A team from the Ohio State University have created a sensing system called e-Taste that can ...