Humans have up to four million sweat glands distributed over the body. Approximately three million of these are eccrine sweat glands. Eccrine glands secrete an odorless, clear fluid that serves to aid ...

Solving sweat-related concerns that occur in daily life, such as hyperhidrosis and sweat smell, can improve people's quality of life. Now, researchers from Osaka University, in collaboration with ...

Sweat is usually something people try to hide, wipe away or mask with deodorant, but it is also one of the body’s richest, ...

Medically reviewed by Brendan Camp, MD Key Takeaways The skin is the body's largest organ and helps protect internal organs ...

We've all felt it: At first comes the trickle, and then the flood. It's embarrassed us, and even torpedoed a presidential campaign. But when was the last time you were grateful for … sweat? Many are ...

Sweating helps your body regulate temperature, but it’s a function that many people don’t seem to be fond of based on the number of antiperspirants and anti-sweat treatments on the market. “When ...

Employing a chemical reprogramming strategy to convert human epidermal keratinocytes into expandable sweat gland cells using six specific chemicals. Upon transplantation into damaged skin tissues in a ...

A group of scientists in Israel has discovered that human sweat glands act like tiny antennas, and could in principle be used to remotely monitor a person’s emotions. This is because the emission of ...

Do tattoos impair the skin’s ability to sweat? Despite the global ubiquitousness of tattoos this question has received surprisingly little research attention. A new, first-of-its-kind study is ...

SWEAT collected from normal male subjects carrying out work at high temperatures and humidities was analysed for chloride, lactic acid and urea. The osmotic pressure, as estimated by the freezing ...