As recreational marijuana becomes legal in more states, experts warn the health impacts on young people go far beyond “the ...

If you wake up in the morning and your mouth tastes bad, it's probably sugar bug poop. If you don't want holes in your teeth (cavities), you have to clean the sugar bugs off your teeth every day, or ...

That much seems straightforward, yet these days, sugar is a hot and confusing topic.Scientist, gut health expert and ...

It’s just a big old myth, according to the Sugar Association and the Corn Refiners Association, which often are blamed for fueling the obesity epidemic. The two groups have put so much effort ...

Experts agree that the U.S. diet has far too much sugar, which is linked to chronic diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes. “Those are the same diets that will completely destroy our teeth.

The study, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, shows that if all 50 states stopped community water fluoridation programs, kids in the U.S. could expect to develop 25.4 million more cavities ...

That means there will be 25.4 million more rotten teeth in the mouths of children and teenagers. The dental bills for the added decay will total at least $9.8 billion in that time.

The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts. The ...