In today’s fast-paced world, chronic stress has become a silent epidemic. It drives long-term health issues ranging from cardiovascular disease and immune dysfunction to depression and anxiety. Adults ...

Could flossing your teeth help you track your physical and mental health? Researchers at Boston’s Tufts University say they’ve designed a floss pick system that could one day be used to track a wide ...

Researchers have developed a new floss pick with smart technology that can detect cortisol, a hormone released during stressful periods, according to a story recently published in Tufts Now. The pick, ...

Over time, stress and anxiety can build to a point where life’s challenges become overwhelming and cause physical effects. Now, in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, researchers report a dental floss ...

Researchers design floss pick system with built-in sensors that could also be adapted to track a wide range of conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer Chronic stress can lead to increased ...

A new device could soon change how people track their stress—and all it takes is flossing your teeth. Developed by researchers at Tufts University, this innovative dental floss does more than clean ...

I’m so sick of seeing these disposable floss picks all over the ground when I walk around. It’s disgusting! Am I the only one seeing them constantly discarded? Either way, maybe those days will be ...