Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Roll your tongue around your mouth, and ...

Canker sores are vexing and common. The reason they occur isn’t clear, but your toothpaste could be a factor. An ingredient often used to make toothpaste foamy, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), has been ...

Like an annoying house pest, canker sores are a minor inconvenience that can really do a damper on your days. The little, painful spots interfere with regular, daily things like eating lunch, brushing ...

Canker sores, though often overlooked, are a common oral health issue that can cause considerable discomfort. These small, painful ulcers typically form inside the mouth and can interfere with daily ...

Those tiny white spots inside your mouth might be small in size, but they deliver pain far beyond their dimensions. Canker sores affect nearly everyone at some point, making simple pleasures like ...

Canker sores inside mouths are one of the most nagging problems that we humans can experience. The word canker comes from Latin cancer, but here it means an eroding/erosive ulcer that spreads out. An ...

A salt water rinse can help canker sores heal by reducing pain and promoting healing. Applying honey to a canker sore can reduce pain and make the sore smaller. Swishing coconut oil in your mouth for ...

Three times in the past year, I got a canker sore while traveling. The pattern makes it easy to diagnose: The cuisines of the countries I had traveled to were heavy in tomato sauce, cheese, yogurt, ...

Alas, those little (or uh, not so little) red bumps seem to pop up whenever they damn well please and wreak havoc on your life. A cold sore is an infection caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), ...