Dumbbell-shaped holes in the material may be the key. This is an Inside Science story. The quest to track health information without drawing blood has inspired wearables like Fitbit and Apple Watch, ...

I don’t need a thermometer to tell me when the temperature has gone over 90°F. All I need is my left wrist. That’s where I wear my watch, and the instant the air temp pops past 90, I get a rash under ...

If you sweat excessively, you're likely to have sensitive skin as well, with new research confirming the two go hand-in-hand. A team led by Adam Friedman of George Washington University and Linqing ...

Thin, wearable films packed with discreet sensors promise to change the game when it comes to health monitoring, with the potential to track everything from vitamin C levels, to blood sugar, to signs ...

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 ...

Researchers at MIT have developed a new sweat-proof material they call "electronic skin." The new material is described as a comfortable to wear, sensor-embedded sticky patch able to monitor the ...

Body odor develops when sweat mixes with bacteria on your skin. Apocrine glands are the glands most closely associated with body odor. Regularly showering and wearing deodorant can decrease your body ...

Technological progress has provided numerous types of health-related devices from wristwatches sensing heartbeat and mobile applications tracking hormonal cycles to the wearable “electronic skin” ...

Sweat, especially underarm sweat, has long been treated as something to be plugged, blocked, and masked at the expense of skin irritation, and the aisles of personal care products pushing the zero ...

Everybody sweats — some a little, some a lot. You probably already know that your body sweats as a way to cool down when you’re hot or exerting yourself. But do you know what’s in sweat? And can you ...