Scientists have identified the tongue as a unique biometric marker with diagnostic potential. This discovery could transform identity verification and early health detection in India.

The body often communicates onset of diseases and damage to internal organs but these warning signals are at times overlooked or misunderstood. The human body is a complex network of systems made up of several organs. The skin is the largest organ in the ...

The tongue helps savour life but it could also help save lives. A study by researchers from the Middle Technical University (MTU) in Baghdad and the University of South Australia (UniSA) now provides evidence of the remarkable accuracy of employing the ...

This technology could be aah-mazing! Researchers in Iraq and Australia say they have developed a computer algorithm that can analyze the color of a person’s tongue to detect their medical condition in real time — with 98% accuracy. “Typically, people ...

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 attempt to detect illness. TCM considers a tongue’s color ...

Oral disease is sometimes the first indication of HIV infection. This is more apparent in developing countries. This paper from Brazil reports the results of macroscopic and microscopic tongue examination at autopsy of 62 male and 30 female patients.