WASHINGTON — An experimental device is letting paralyzed people drive wheelchairs simply by flicking their tongue in the right direction. Key to this wireless system: Users get their tongue pierced ...

Most people who are quadriplegics use sip-and-puff wheelchairs; they blow or suck into a straw to direct their chairs. But movement is limited to left, right, forward, and backward. New technology ...

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Dear Gary: I am writing with the permission of my parents, and I hope you will help convince my parents that it is safe and OK for me to get my tongue pierced. I am 16 years old, a good student and do ...

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Reveals the problems experienced by individuals who undergo tongue piercing. Shows the working practices of tongue piercers. Suggests that dental trauma is a long-term consequence of wearing tongue ...

Body piercing including oral sites is increasing in popularity in the Western world. Piercing of oral sites may lead to a number of complications some of which are life-threatening. Dentists should be ...

In an advance that promises to improve the lives of the more than 250,000 people in the United States who are paralyzed from the neck down, researchers announced on Wednesday that they have developed ...