Do you wake up in the middle of the night and need to drink water? Or notice that your mouth constantly feels like it’s filled with cotton balls? You might have dry mouth (a.k.a. xerostomia), an oral ...

Health officials in the mid-Atlantic region have recently reported a rise in hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD. What is hand, foot and mouth disease, and what causes it? How is it spread? What are ...

You've probably heard of ‘mouth taping’ by now. Emma Roberts, Jimmy Fallon, and Gwyneth Paltrow have all been said to try it out. Not to mention tons of people on TikTok, who claim that being forced ...

I can’t tell you where I first saw mouth tape. Was it while investigating the intense morning shed routines on TikTok? Or perhaps an influencer who insinuated that using mouth tape at night would give ...

Here’s what to know about symptoms and treatment of the infection. By Simar Bajaj Every summer and into fall, hand, foot and mouth disease makes the rounds in schools, playgrounds and day cares. But ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. If you’ve spent any time on social media lately, you ...

Moira Junge is CEO of The Sleep Health Foundation. She is also affiliated with the Healthylife Health Advisory Board and is a psychologist and clinic director at Yarraville Health Group. You might ...

Mouth taping is one of those questionable TikTok health hacks that has seemed to stick around. It's a simple intervention: Place a piece of tape over the mouth and go to bed. The idea is that the tape ...

If you’ve ever bumped your lip or bitten the inside of your cheek a little too hard, then you know that blood has a distinct metallic taste. That’s because it’s filled with red blood cells, which ...

The popular trend claims that taping can reduce dry mouth, prevent snoring, and help you stay asleep, but there are safety concerns. Popular social media videos claim that sleeping with medical tape ...

Dan Baumgardt does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Having a parched mouth is never fun, but is there a worse time to go sandpaper-tongued than when you’re boning? On top of feeling unpleasant, dry mouth can lead to thick, sticky saliva, bad breath, ...