Betel quid and areca nut chewing are traditional practices prevalent in many parts of Asia and the Pacific. These practices involve the chewing of areca nut, often combined with betel leaves and ...

High rates of oral cancer are destroying the lives of many who buy betel nuts, often decades after their first taste. Now in Taiwan, where the nuts are affectionately known as 'Taiwan's chewing ...

Up to a third of all oral cancer cases worldwide are linked to chewing, sucking and sniffing tobacco or betel nuts, a major ...

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has a new law regulating afok or bweesch — lime — that is mostly used in the Pacific islands for betel nut chewing The new CNMI law regulates ...

Oral cancers caused by chewing or sucking betel nuts are at epidemic proportions in several countries, including India and China. To find oral cancer early and when it is most treatable, researchers ...

Regular use can promote overall well-being in colder months. Chewing paan (betel leaf) as a mouth freshener after meals has been a quintessential part of Indian culinary culture. But do you know ...

The Northern Marianas has passed a new law that would regulate the sale of a powdery substance made from crushed coral used ...

Research into the health effects of betel leaves filled with areca nut (supari) conclude that they are not safe to consume.