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 ...

From glucose tracking to toxin exposure detection, scientists show how sweat could rival blood as a diagnostic resource, if technology and standardization advance fast enough. Study: Sweat as a ...

A new wireless and wearable device developed by Northwestern Medicine scientists, in collaboration with Northwestern University spinout company, Epicore Biosystems, measures specific biomarkers in a ...

Sweat from a fingertip can be used to test whether tuberculosis (TB) patients are taking their medication properly. Until now, this could only be done by pricking blood. Pulmonologist Onno Akkerman ...

Rochester, N.Y. — UR Medicine officials are highlighting the critical need for hydration and maintaining energy levels with electrolytes. The health care network has introduced a "sweat analysis" test ...

When I showed up for a sweat test at the Skratch Lab Cafe in Boulder, Colorado, I was fully kitted out for a run. I don’t know exactly what I expected—I had never had my sweat content analyzed ...