Learn the biological triggers of grinding and find medical treatments to protect your jaw and sleep better tonight.

Hiccups are an involuntary contraction of the diaphragm muscle, followed by a sudden closure of the vocal cords, which produces the characteristic hic sound ...

Teeth that are unusually worn down can also be a sign of acid reflux. This causes stomach acid to seep into the mouth, which ...

While mild or occasional grinding isn’t a problem, if you do it often or forcefully, it can cause problems down the track.

Gum makers have claimed, for decades, chewing is good for your mental health. They’re kind of on to something. Humans have chewed on gum for millennia. Scientists are still trying to figure out why.

Humans have been chewing gum for thousands of years, long after the flavor fades and without any clear nutritional benefit. The habit dates back at least 8,000 years to Scandinavia, where people ...

Allegheny County will use a controversial legal tool for involuntary mental health care in the community starting Jan. 1, according to a letter county officials sent Tuesday to the state’s Office of ...

Allegheny County will use a controversial legal tool for involuntary mental health care in the community starting Jan. 1, according to a letter county officials sent Tuesday to the state’s Office of ...

A four-year-old French mastiff and Bullmastiff mix from Oklahoma has set a new Guinness World Record for having a super long tongue. Ozzy claimed the title for the longest tongue on a living dog with ...

An Aurora man has agreed to a sentence of 13 years in prison in exchange for pleading guilty to six felony counts of involuntary servitude for using illegal drugs, threats and physical force to ...

A dentist grew concerned when her husband kept complaining of problems with his tongue, but nothing could prepare her for the moment she discovered her own spouse’s oral cancer. Now, she's urging ...

Facing increased fiscal and liability pressures, more US nursing homes are initiating involuntary patient discharges. AARP this week reported that complaints about what it called evictions had ...