A UCLA study shows that gum may shed plastic fragments as you chew, which can be absorbed in saliva. Even natural brands ...

Chewing gum in one form or another has been around for thousands of years. For centuries, gum consisted of the latex, called ...

Frequent chewing may cause jaw issues like fatigue and TMJ aggravation, and some ingredients can lead to digestive problems ...

Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

Here’s what to consider before you pop in that second ... researchers found that chewing sugar-free gum for 30 minutes after eating heartburn-inducing foods led to reduced acid levels in ...

A person happily gnawing away on a large piece of gum could unleash more than 3,000 microplastic particles, according to the ...

There's good news — sort of. The researchers found the most microplastics within the first two minutes of chewing gum. After eight minutes, 94% of the plastic particles they detected had already ...

Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering found that both natural and synthetic chewing gums release ...

The gum is made from bean powder naturally containing a protein that binds to a wide variety of germs, including influenza and the viruses that cause herpes.

Scientists are now turning to an unexpected solution: chewing gum. Researchers have found that ... potentially halting the spread of bird flu among animals before it reaches humans.

Chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Chewing gum's base ingredient is synthetic rubber, which is a type of plastic. A stick of gum is ...