A simple squeeze of a handheld device, the kind used to measure grip strength in a doctor’s office in under a minute, has ...

Predicting your risk of a range of health outcomes—from type 2 diabetes to depression and even your longevity—is as simple as testing how tight your grip is. Grip strength refers to the power ...

A hand squeezed around a spring-loaded dial for five seconds sounds more like a strongman contest than a medical exam. Yet researchers increasingly treat that squeeze as a legitimate vital sign, one ...