Here's a yoga technique that sounds fake but isn't: roll your tongue backward, past the soft palate, and into your nasal cavity. Hold it there. That's Khechari mudra, and people have been doing it for ...

Objective: To study cases of neonates diagnosed with ankyloglossia in a maternity hospital, submitted to frenotomies with the aid of a high-power laser. Material and Methods: 18 newborns in a ...

Smegma is a natural buildup of oils and dead skin cells, often found under foreskin or in genital folds. Practicing daily hygiene can prevent smegma from causing irritation or infections. You can ...

Tongue-tie, also known as ankyloglossia, is a condition some babies are born with that limits their tongue movements. To do its job well, your tongue needs to be able to reach almost every part of ...

Trial design A randomised, parallel group, pragmatic trial. Setting A large UK maternity hospital. Participants Term infants <2 weeks old with a mild or moderate degree of tongue-tie, and their ...

This paper reports a series of clinical cases of ankyloglossia in children, which were approached by different techniques: frenotomy and frenectomy with the use of one hemostat, two hemostats, a ...

The lingual frenulum is a thin piece of tissue that connects the underside of the tongue to the bottom of the mouth. If the lingual frenulum is too short, it can cause tongue-tie, leading to problems ...

You likely use a cutting board every single day. It’s an essential kitchen tool that plays a much larger role in your health than you have probably realized. Since recent studies indicate that using a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What does a brush cutter even do? You might think the answer is in the name (and it is!), but that's a fair question. There is a lot of ...

THERE ARE A lot of things I did in my early twenties that I’m not proud of. Some, like the sheer amount of alcohol consumption, I physically cannot do anymore, while others, like the Ska band-level ...

The term "cutter" has roots in maritime history, long before the modern Coast Guard even existed. In the 18th century, a cutter was a specific type of small, fast sailing ship, usually with a single ...