Understanding why gum chewing can make you gassy, and how to manage it, helps separate myth from science and allows you to ...

Chewing a sugar-free gum daily reduced preterm births in a large study in Malawi. The oral intervention was inspired by past research linking poor oral health and preterm birth. The gum contains ...

A 2025 study in Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy looked at the effects of aspartame on rats. Even low doses caused thickening ...

A recent economic analysis found chewing sugar-free gum may be able to save the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) millions. The analysis showed that if 12-year-olds in England chewed more gum, the ...

Sugar-free gum with polyols such as sorbitol and xylitol is most likely to cause gas because of fermentation in the colon.

Chewing gum in the modern world is profoundly inelegant. You chew it on the subway, spit it on the ground, get it stuck on someone else’s shoe, walk around with a tote bag full of wrappers that will ...

Women who chewed sugar-free gum everyday in early pregnancy had a lower risk of preterm birth, according to a multicenter study from Malawi. Incidence of preterm birth was significantly lower among ...

Media Contacts: Karen Addis, [email protected], 301-787-2394; Kerri Wade, [email protected], 202-236-1780 Washington, DC ― Each year, an estimated 15 million babies are born prematurely or preterm ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, an entity within the World Health Organization) recently announced that aspartame, a sugar substitute used in about 6,000 products worldwide, is ...

Bad breath is never great to have or smell. Worst of all, it can strike at the most unexpected times. Luckily the unsavory odors don’t have to stick around because gum helps to clear bad breath. But, ...