Saliva impacts how different foods taste. Silke Woweries via Getty Images At first glance, saliva seems like pretty boring stuff, merely a convenient way to moisten our food. But the reality is quite ...

At first glance, saliva seems like pretty boring stuff, merely a convenient way to moisten our food. But the reality is quite different, as scientists are beginning to understand. The fluid interacts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the late 1950s, dentist and US Navy Capt. Kirk C. Hoerman, then a young man in his 30s, attempted to answer a bold question: ...

Your daily saliva offers vital health clues, from dry mouth signaling diabetes to foamy saliva indicating acid reflux. Changes in its color, texture, or volume can reveal stress, infections, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Researchers at the University at Buffalo have identified two components of saliva that may serve as the basis for novel tests to determine the risk for future loss of the bone that ...

This article was originally published by Knowable Magazine. At first glance, saliva seems like pretty boring stuff, merely a convenient way to moisten our food. But the reality is quite different, as ...

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have identified two components of saliva that may serve as the basis for novel tests to determine the risk for periodontal bone loss. By comparing dental ...