Transoral laser surgery to remove cancer at the base of the tongue is as effective as open surgery and may improve quality of life, according to a new study by researchers from Rush University Medical ...

Surgeons had tried ice cubes, cold water and even chilled metal plates to cool the skin’s superficial layer before laser ...

Surgery is being overused to correct breastfeeding difficulties in infants, a new report says. A growing number of newborns are being diagnosed with ankyloglossia, also called "tongue-tie." Tongue-tie ...

Procedures to fix tongue ties have skyrocketed as more parents breastfeed. Pediatricians say that there can be benefits, but tongue ties won't fix all nursing problems. Data on the efficiency of the ...

You may notice your baby’s tongue not lifting, but persistent feeding problems are more likely to alert you to a potential ...

NEWNAN, Ga. - Becki Goggins of Montgomery, Alabama, first noticed something was off in spring 2022. "I thought I had bitten my tongue," Goggins says. "That's how this all started." At first, Goggins ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- When cancer threatened to silence a local musician, the surgery to save his life could also have ended his career. So two UPMC doctors worked to re-imagine his surgery to make ...

Five years post-diagnosis, one woman is still navigating the aftermath of treatment and making sure others are aware of the signs Courtesy of Jamie Powell A mother of two from Coto De Caza, Calif., ...