Sweat is known to kill germs on your body, and unless it mixes with a cough, sneeze, or other bodily fluids, it won't ...

Imagine two scenarios. In the first, you're hiking uphill on a warm day, beads of sweat rolling down your forehead. In the ...

Sweat glands are vital for regulating body temperature, maintaining fluid balance, and supporting skin health. Yet, extensive skin injuries, such as burns, often result in the loss of these glands, ...

Solving sweat-related concerns that occur in daily life, such as hyperhidrosis and sweat smell, can improve people's quality of life. Now, researchers from Osaka University, in collaboration with ...

The human body may be equipped with a separate sensory system aside from the nerves that gives us the ability to touch and feel, according to a new study. Most of us have millions of different types ...

All summer, NPR's science desk has been looking at sweat. Humans are covered head to toe with millions of sweat glands. But it wasn't always so. NPR's Pien Huang tells us how human bodies evolved so ...

We've all felt it: At first comes the trickle, and then the flood. It's embarrassed us, and even torpedoed a presidential campaign. But when was the last time you were grateful for … sweat? Many are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a dermatologist who writes about skin care and women’s health. Summer is in full force. With recent record-breaking heat waves ...

Body odor is the smell produced by bacteria on the skin breaking down sweat into acids. Sweat itself is almost odorless, but when it interacts with the bacteria on your skin, it can produce an ...