Many of us have been there before: waking in the middle of the night, often in response to a dream or nightmare, afraid and covered in perspiration. While sweating has many benefits, such as being a ...

Often, aspiring new business owners ask me why their great idea hasn’t been done before; they talk about it endlessly, and they wait for others to do the hard work of development, finance, and ...

The telltale darkened patches under our arms before a presentation. The cold slide of a clammy handshake. Sweat reveals what we often want to hide: our nervousness, fears and exertions, all with the ...

This summer, I, like so many other Americans, have forgotten what it means to be dry. The heat has grown so punishing, and the humidity so intense, that every movement sends my body into revolt. When ...

Thomas Edison's famous quote, 'Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration,' underscores that ...

Eun Lee, MD Key Takeaways Hyperhidrosis means sweating too much, even when you're not hot. There's no cure for hyperhidrosis, ...

Eccrine sweat glands—millions of which produce our salty, cooling perspiration—are actually found in all mammals. But in most other animals, the fluid from eccrine glands is not used to cool down, but ...

Authors of two new books want us to appreciate sweat, which holds secrets about who we are and even genetic clues to romantic compatibility. Getty Images/iStockphoto Long before advertisers convinced ...

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” ...

PRELIMINARY spectroscopic experiments have been made to determine the absorption of ultra-violet light by human perspiration. The results, so far only qualitative, indicate that a film of sweat one ...