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In 1821, French physician René Laennec wrote, "A spitting pot I consider as an essential part of the bedroom apparatus." Laennec, who invented the stethoscope, spent his days gazing at his patients' ...

Spit is here and of the moment — a post-pandemic, germ-swapping indulgence. Spit is the internal becoming external. In our bodies, we use it to digest and swallow; it makes that which goes in go down ...

If your baby is spitting up after feeding, you might wonder if this is something you should be concerned about. Spitting up can be even more jarring when the milk has a curdled appearance. ‌As long as ...

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — When Tim Peters started banging on a neighbor’s door and shouting about religion just before sunrise with a beer bottle in his hand, someone called the county sheriff. Neither the ...

Learn about the spit test that has shown promising results for detecting prostate cancer risk, proving to be more reliable than common blood tests. Prostate cancer is one of the primary health scares ...

How a "weird" idea from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" turned into a 1996 baseball road trip of a lifetime.