Betel leaves, commonly known as Paan, chewed after meals offer surprising health benefits beyond fresh breath.

Up to a third of all oral cancer cases worldwide are linked to chewing, sucking and sniffing tobacco or betel nuts, a major ...

A draft act to regulate the use and sale of betel nuts would be put on hold, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday amid strong resistance from the nation’s betel nut industry. The draft ...

Oral cancers caused by chewing or sucking betel nuts are at epidemic proportions in several countries, including India and China. To find oral cancer early and when it is most treatable, researchers ...

Betel nuts are eaten after having been processed commercially. Unripe or ripe nuts are shelled, boiled and sun-dried, then crushed with lime and catechu, a red, astringent extract made from boiled ...