Nagpur: Mumps, a viral infection commonly known as ‘gallgund' or parotitis, is witnessing a rise in cases in Nagpur this winter.

Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools confirmed a student was diagnosed with a case of Mumps. An email was sent to parents on Sunday.

Submandibular salivary gland inflammation has been suggested as one of the mechanisms underlying impaired salivary secretion associated with sleep deprivation (SD). However, whether the salivary ...

The following is a summary of “A Stratification Approach Based on Salivary Gland Ultrasonography for Assessing Secretory Function in Sjögren Disease,” published in the November 2024 issue of ...

Our school education has provided us with an understanding of the role of hormones in human physiology, with the respective endocrine glands that secrete hormones being described by their size and ...

Sialolithiasis is a condition in which tiny, benign (noncancerous) salivary stones form in your salivary glands. The stones, called sialoliths, are mostly made of calcium and other minerals. When the ...

Nerve signals that help the parotid gland produce saliva start in the glossopharyngeal nerve. They pass through a small pathway (the tympanic and lesser petrosal nerves) until they reach a tiny nerve ...

per 100 ml. On the 6th postoperative day the right parotid gland was noted to be swollen, tender and firm, with overlying erythema. Culture from Stensen's duct grew hemolytic Staphy-lococcus ...

The dosimetric values for absolute mean dose, biological equivalent mean dose (EQD2), the relative organ volume not exceeding 20 Gy, 25 Gy and 30 Gy (V20, V25, V30) for all 4 major salivary glands or ...

The pituitary gland is an endocrine gland located downstream of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain, which is composed of an anterior, an intermediate and a posterior lobe. It secretes ...