Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the salivary glands of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Understanding the ...

You also have one parotid gland on each side. Parotid means it's near your ear. You have three major salivary glands, including your parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. (Photo credit ...

Radiotherapy or chemoradiation to the head or neck can affect your salivary glands. This means you may not make as much spit (saliva) as before and so your mouth may become dry. Your salivary glands ...

Swollen, infected salivary glands may also appear as lumps on the neck. On rare occasions, certain head and neck cancers can cause a lump along the neck or jawline. Though each of the conditions has ...

Dry mouth is the most reported side effect following radiotherapy for the treatment of head and neck cancer, affecting up to 70% of patients due to salivary gland damage. It can lead to difficulty ...

Dry eyes are common with many inflammatory conditions, including Sjögren’s disease, an autoimmune disease that affects the tear glands and the salivary glands. Eye inflammation is also common in other ...

We also see other rare cancers, including salivary gland cancers and cancers in the sinuses and nose. Tonsils, located on the left and right sides of the back of the throat, are part of the immune ...

A widely publicized paper has drawn scrutiny from physicians and anatomists about the authors’ claims regarding so-called tubarial glands. “I don’t think the paper should be retracted, it should just ...

The findings may have implications for radiotherapy, a cancer treatment that can cause damage to salivary glands and leave lasting complications. Doctors don’t regularly come across undiscovered bits ...