A white coating on your tongue is often harmless and linked to bacteria buildup or poor oral hygiene, but in some cases, it can signal infection or underlying health issues. Here’s what causes it—and ...

Generally speaking, a tongue’s color will fall somewhere between a pale pink and dark red, with a thin, white-ish layer of keratin on top.Photograph: 4FR/Getty Images Once, at a party, a woman said ...

A yeast infection — on your tongue? It’s more common than you might think. (Photo: Getty Images/RunPhoto) Blue-raspberry slushees aside, you probably don’t pay much attention to the color of your ...

Our tongues rarely get the attention they deserve as health indicators, yet their appearance can reveal surprising information about our overall wellbeing. A healthy tongue should appear pink, moist, ...

Who knew that saying "Ahhh" could be so educational? You might think that a symptom on your tongue—such as an unusual color or texture—is no big deal, but what happens in your mouth can often be a ...

Stand in front of a mirror, stick out your tongue and look closely at the surface. You’ll notice it’s stippled with a dense thicket of small nodules—almost like the rows of pits covering a ...

The white-tongue problem can be related to other less-threatening factors such as poor oral hygiene, overgrowth of tissue covering the tongue, and certain foods. Overgrowth of tissue covering the ...

Cell phone cameras come in handy if you want to get a shot of your friends goofing around or show people where you went on vacation. And for one young Japanese woman, the camera can help show your ...