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The tongue: Highly effective disease-identifying tool that's right in your mouth

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The tongue helps savour life but it could also help save lives. A study by researchers from the Middle Technical University (MTU) in Baghdad and the University of South Australia (UniSA) now provides evidence of the remarkable accuracy of employing the tongue diagnostic system in detecting diseases.

The practice rooted in Chinese herbal medicine for over two millennia has found itself at the forefront of modern health care, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI).

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