Sweat is produced by three major sweat glands: eccrine, apocrine, and apoeccrine. Eccrine glands are the most common and are responsible for producing sweat mainly containing water and sodium chloride ...

We get it: There are times when you're in a social situation and the last thing you want to be doing is sweating. Hyperhidrosis is the medical term for excessive sweating in the underarms, face, scalp ...

It's common to sweat in your sleep, though this can leave yellow stains on your mattress. Thankfully, they're easy to take ...

The test measures chloride levels in sweat. High levels indicate a possible diagnosis of CF. Chloride is an electrolyte essential for maintaining fluid balance and crucial for regulating salt and ...

This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. Under the relentless sun in Africa, the birthplace of humanity, every living thing ...

The device has been developed at the MEMS, Microfluidics, and Nanoelectronics (MMNE) Laboratory and is designed to work ...

Twenty-six kilometres into this year’s London Marathon, I had to stop to be sick on the sidelines. I’ll spare the unpleasant details, but let’s just say it resulted in a very long (and tearful) ...