In fact, their use is approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Yes, they’re still sometimes used in 21st century ...

Scientists have found plastic fragments can shed off cutting boards, takeout containers and even laminated paper cups with ...

Radiotherapy or chemoradiation to the head or neck can affect your salivary glands. This means you may not make as much spit (saliva) as before and so your mouth may become dry. Your salivary glands ...

As doctors visited the home of a 65-year-old farmer in North Wollo, Raya Kobbo, he told them his saliva had tints of ... Looking back at them was a live leech, doctors said. Doctors grabbed ...

As doctors visited the home of a 65-year-old farmer in North Wollo, Raya Kobbo, he told them his saliva had tints of blood, occasionally bright red ... Looking back at them was a live leech, doctors ...

In just the last couple of years, scientists have found microplastics in disturbing places, from beneath Arctic ice to human blood, testicles, and even brains. In fact, plastic is so widespread ...

You may have another culprit to consider: It’s gum, according to a new pilot study that found chewing just one piece can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. The study is ...

The study, conducted by researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), analyzed saliva samples after chewing various gum brands. Lisa Lowe, a PhD student at UCLA, chewed seven ...

Caroline Freissine... Korean researchers develop super bacteria treatment using leech saliva Domestic researchers have begun developing a treatment for super bacteria using a natural antibacterial ...

Domestic researchers have begun developing a treatment for super bacteria using a natural antibacterial substance derived from leeches. Lee Seong-soo, a principal researcher at the Korea Basic ...

Languages: English. Chewing a single piece of gum can release hundreds to thousands of pieces of microplastic into the saliva in your mouth—likely to go on to be swallowed. This is the warning ...