The tongue. The tongue is no passive passenger during sleep. As we fall into deeper sleep, the muscles that keep it in place relax. In people with a large tongue, weak tongue muscles or a loose ...

The FDA recently announced the approval of a prescription tongue muscle stimulation device that claims to reduce mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and snoring. The device, called eXciteOSA, is ...

“Your tongue is a hugely important muscle that is intricately connected to the deep stabilizing muscles of your core,” says Kyle Langworthy, C.S.C.S., a trainer at Mark Fisher Fitness, in New ...

Tongue pacemaker for snoring successfully implanted Date: August 14, 2012 Source: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Summary: The first tongue pacemaker was implanted Europe-wide that prevents ...

Researchers used a special form of rabies virus to better understand why we seldom bite our tongue when we eat, whether or not we pay attention to out chewing movement.

The giant palm salamander of Central America shoots out its tongue with more instantaneous power than any known muscle in the animal kingdom, a new study finds. The salamander, Bolitoglossa ...

The average tongue length for adults is 3.3 inches (8.5 cm) for men and 3.1 inches (7.9 cm) for women. Learn more about the tongue, including its function, what it's made of, the longest tongue ...