TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Around 45% of adults in Taiwan snore, with men nine times more likely than women to develop the ...

Ryan Shinkle first noticed something was off more than 20 years ago, at just 25. A small white patch had appeared on the left ...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) can aid in the treatment of advanced and recurrent tongue base carcinoma, according to a study in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine (April 2011, Vol. 43:4, pp. 283-92).

A 55-year-old male presented with a 4-cm carcinoma on the base of his tongue --identified as an adenocarcinoma by an outside hospital, and as a poorly differentiated carcinoma by our hospital ...

HPV-related oropharyngeal (tonsil and tongue base) cancer cases rising rapidly Right now, about 42 million people are infected with HPV, and most Americans (98%) have been exposed.

A man in his early 40s was diagnosed with tongue cancer. The cancer recurred after initial treatment. Doctors used precision ...

The researchers also assessed differences in VOTE classification (velum, oropharynx, tongue base, and epiglottis) in sentinel central events compared with obstructive events.

BACKGROUND: According to the Mayo Clinic, tongue cancer is a serious type of head and neck cancer. It usually appears as squamous cells (a lump, white spot or ulcer) on the outer layer of the tongue.

A surgically implanted device that moves the tongue forward during sleep was found to safely and effectively reduce sleep apnea in adolescents with Down syndrome, according to a new study ...