Now a Tufts interdisciplinary engineer and his team have devised a simple device using specially designed floss that can easily and accurately measure cortisol, a stress hormone, in real time.

Pixar movies hold a great deal of nostalgia for many people. From Toy Story, which kicked off the animation studio’s historic ...

Cut a piece of floss — about 18 inches, or the length of 2½ toothbrushes — and wrap it around your middle fingers on both hands, leaving a couple of inches at a time to work with.

Your dentist may remind you to brush, floss and mouthwash – but what is the "right" order to do it? While all steps of oral hygiene can benefit dental health, Dr. Mike Wei, DDS, of New York City ...

Silk floss tends to be less durable and more expensive than plastic floss, but Nudge promises its silk floss ($6.99 for 40 feet) is “the safest non-toxic option you can put in your mouth.” ...

Discover how a new dental floss can detect stress by measuring cortisol in saliva, offering a simple way to monitor health at home. You already know when you are feeling highly stressed, but low ...

Not enough of us regularly floss our teeth, and even fewer think about what’s in our dental floss. But maybe we should. A new investigation by Consumer Reports and Made Safe finds some ...

For instance, if you'd rather floss in the morning instead of the evening, you can. As long as you do a thorough job, it doesn't matter when you floss, according to Mouth Healthy, an ADA site.

A priest has been arrested after allegedly using a 13-year-old girl’s hair as floss while waiting to see a relic, police said. Carlos Martins was detained Monday following the November 21 ...

Dentists assert flossing makes a huge difference - and that isn't changing. But the findings from a new Consumer Reports analysis of what’s in your dental floss might have you thinking twice ...

Scientists create a floss pick that samples cortisol within saliva as a marker of stress and quantifies it with a built-in electrode. The system uses a polymer casting technology that can be ...