Home remedies for a sore tongue can bring relief when your tongue hurts from a minor cause, such as a bite or minor burn ...

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious — but usually mild — illness that typically affects kids under 5.

With hand, foot, and mouth disease, or HFMD, spreading through certain parts of the country, there are certain symptoms to ...

Waking up with a swollen tongue can transform a normal morning into a concerning health situation. This unusual symptom, medically known as glossitis, often catches people off guard and raises ...

Tongue cancer is a type of head and neck cancer that begins in the tongue, the muscular organ in your mouth that helps you speak, chew, and breathe. Your tongue extends from the middle of your neck to ...

Chef Shirley Chung, known for her impressive runs on “Top Chef,” shared her battle with stage 4 tongue cancer in a heartfelt Instagram post. Tongue cancer, while relatively rare, often begins as ...

As we head into our third pandemic winter, most people are all too familiar with the signs of COVID-19. The disease wears many different faces and can show up as chills, cough, difficulty breathing or ...

A woman who experienced tongue pain and taste changes for 18 months felt relief when a rare tumor linked to her lingual nerve was removed. Her symptoms stumped a dentist and were later misdiagnosed as ...

Kaposi’s sarcoma can affect the cells lining mucous membranes, such as inside the mouth and tongue. It leads to lesions, or growths, on the skin of the tongue. Kaposi’s sarcoma is a vascular tumor, ...