Traces of a psychoactive compound has been detected in the dental plaque of a Bronze Age woman buried in Thailand some 4,000 years ago, making it the earliest direct chemical evidence of humans ...

Betel nuts, or areca nuts, have been classified as a human carcinogen, meaning that there’s sufficient evidence that they cause cancer, says Yvette Paulino, associate professor at the University of ...

(CNN) — For the first time, archaeologists have used advanced scientific techniques on 4,000-year-old dental plaque to confirm traces of betel nut chewing in ancient Thai communities. Betel nuts are ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

A University of Guam team is looking at developing strategies to help betel nut chewers who want to quit the risky habit. Yvette Paulino, principal investigator of the University of Guam Cancer ...

Betel nut is chewed by roughly 600 million people worldwide, making it one of the most widely used psychoactive substances [… ...

Bao Bao, a betel nut seller, holds a box of nuts a cup for chewers to spit in. Taiwan wants people to kick the habit. Since 2014, anyone caught spitting betel nut juice in the capital of Taipei will ...

Induction chemotherapy (IC) using cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil followed by bioradiotherapy (BRT) in stage IVb squamous cell carcinoma of oropharynx and oral cavity: Retrospective data analysis. Speech ...

Mong Shuan was just 16 when she turned to an unconventional source of income: selling betel nuts from a little stall in northern Taiwan. The stimulant, a small, oblong fruit derived from areca palms, ...