For thousands of years traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners have checked patients’ tongues as part of a full examination, carefully scrutinizing their color, shape and coating in an ...

Did you know that keeping an eye on your tongue can help you detect potential health problems? Checking your tongue can be quickly done while brushing your teeth. A whitish tongue could indicate a ...

A computer algorithm has achieved a 98% accuracy in predicting different diseases by analyzing the color of the human tongue. The proposed imaging system developed by Iraqi and Australian researchers ...

MIAMI - You know to check your skin for cancer, do self-breast exams, and monitor things like heart rate, blood sugar, or blood pressure. But did you know that keeping an eye on your tongue can help ...

If the eyes are the windows to the soul, then consider the tongue a sort of check-engine light for the body. The tongue’s appearance gives doctors an idea about certain aspects of your health, and its ...

A white tongue is surprisingly common and usually harmless, but it can feel alarming if you don’t know what’s behind it. In ...

Medically reviewed by Brian T. Luong, DMD Dark black spots on your tongue may be caused by normal variations in tongue pigmentation. Hairy tongue, a benign condition, can be caused by factors like ...