This article was reviewed by Julia Switzer, MD, FACOG. Menopause and Body Odor Key takeaways: Menopause body odor can happen ...

Humans have up to four million sweat glands distributed over the body. Approximately three million of these are eccrine sweat glands. Eccrine glands secrete an odorless, clear fluid that serves to aid ...

The amount a person sweats varies from one person to another and is determined by a huge number of variables, including the number of sweat glands, the amount of adrenaline produced, and their ...

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, ...

Eccrine sweat is a water-like fluid secreted by eccrine sweat glands that comprises various kinds of biochemical components such as electrolytes, metabolites, organic molecules, and drugs. The ...

Degree reports that sweat can reveal health insights, from odor changes indicating diet issues to excessive sweating ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What's the sweatiest part of your body? It's not your armpits--it's your upper back, according to a new study from the University of Loughborough. The least sweaty regions? Your hands, fingers, and ...