Sweat can be as helpful as blood in checking on health. Doctors already use it for drug tests and insights on diseases like cystic fibrosis. But sweat has its limits – largely because there’s only so ...

Your sweaty gym shirt might seem like nothing more than evidence of a good workout, but cutting-edge technology is transforming that damp fabric into a sophisticated medical laboratory that can ...

Forensic chemist Jan Halámek is proving that our own perspiration not only gives away how drunk we are – but if we are high, too. Through new research, published in December's edition of ACS Sensors, ...

As a sports dietitian and self-proclaimed sweat science nerd, I was stoked to get my hands on the hDrop. There are a few different wearable sweat monitors out there but hDrop is the only one that you ...

Antipsychotic drugs treat incredibly vulnerable patients. Maintaining a treatment regimen is difficult for many patients, but not taking the medication is associated with a higher risk of poor health ...

A soft, flexible device that sticks on skin to capture sweat and measure sweat chloride may help doctors diagnose cystic fibrosis in infants, according to new data published online March 31 in Science ...

I've spent the last couple of days on a fitness retreat with budget behemoth Amazfit, whose Whoop-dupe Helio Strap I love. But I've been at this fitness retreat for a different reason — testing the ...

A Northwestern Engineering-led research team has developed a novel skin-mounted sticker that absorbs sweat and then changes color to provide an accurate, easy-to-read diagnosis of cystic fibrosis ...

When you sweat during a workout, your body is trying to tell you something — and not just that you need a break. Your perspiration is a fount of biomedical information. It reveals your body’s levels ...

Scientists can now detect antipsychotic drugs in individuals from their fingertip sweat. Researchers at the University of Surrey (UK) have developed a fast, non-invasive test for monitoring ...