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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...