Strength wearables, Continuous hormone tracking, and At-home diagnostics
February 17, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes.
Today's top stories:
YC-backed Fort opens pre-orders for strength-specific wearable that auto-detects exercises, reps, sets, and fatigue without manual logging
Stanford-born Clair develops wrist-worn device using 10 biosensors and AI to estimate real-time hormone levels including estrogen and progesterone, shipping in November
Matrix Bio claims to have built five-minute, $5 multi-marker hormone test requiring no lab or blood draw, pending clinical regulatory validation
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