Chronic stress can lead to increased blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, decreased immune function, depression, and ...

Engineers have developed a simple device using specially designed dental floss that can easily and accurately measure ...

Their design of a saliva-sensing dental floss looks just like a common floss pick, with the string stretched across two prongs extending from a flat plastic handle, all about the size of your index ...

A dental floss pick featuring a built-in sensor developed by researchers at Tufts University is capable of also monitoring ...

Researchers at Tufts University have designed a dental floss pick that measures the stress hormone cortisol in real time.

A breakthrough dental floss device may soon let you measure stress hormones at home, with accuracy rivaling high-end lab ...

Researchers at Boston’s Tufts University say they’ve designed a floss pick system that could one day be used to track a wide range of conditions, including stress – and cancer. The device ...

Now, in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, researchers report a dental floss pick with a built-in sensor that could monitor stress as part of a daily routine. The device, which accurately senses ...

The two-layered design helps to remove plaque and debris ... gaps in your teeth without causing inflammation. Save plastic floss picks from landfills with this innovative electric flosser by ...