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 ...

Mucus has an "important role in helping to smell, reproduce and have proper gut health, but it also plays an important role in how drugs are absorbed in the body," said Northeastern Global News.

After you swallow phlegm, it travels to the stomach, where acid and enzymes break it down, along with any germs it carries. Swallowing phlegm doesn't“recycle” the germs, and it won't result in ...

The thing that makes mussel glue so tough and the thing that makes mucus so resilient are one and the same: the chemical bonds between their proteins, known as catechols and thiols.

Post-nasal drip, a common condition where excess mucus accumulates in the back of the throat or nose, can cause discomfort and various symptoms, including coughing, throat-clearing, and stomach upset.

Sooty, an app that helps users easily install, manage and switch between digital SIMs, is now available for download at Google Play and the Apple App Store.

Sooty mold appropriately and exactly describes the disease, as it looks just like chimney soot. Ascomycete fungi, which includes many genera, commonly Cladosporium and Alternaria are usually the ...

Both mucus and phlegm serve a purpose. Mucus is a natural defense system that helps trap dust, germs, and other particles, preventing them from reaching and harming deeper parts of the body.

Black coloured mucus or phlegm coughed up can be a serious sign of an underlying illness. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr. Vidit Kapoor, Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology, Amrita ...

His skills as a magician have also seen him become the only non-human member of the magic circle. So when The Sooty Show rolled into Wolverhampton's Grand Theatre we were the first in the line.

Intagliata: Of all the things I’ve dreamed of doing in my lifetime, being slimed by a hagfish was not on the list. But maybe it should have been because slime is incredibly cool stuff. This is ...

The sooty grouse, as its name suggests, is a dark, ashy gray in color, and those gray feathers completely boot the bird’s feet. As Lewis noted, the sooty grouse is a large bird.