A soft, flexible skin patch that monitors biomarkers in sweat can determine whether the wearer is dehydrated, measure the person’s blood sugar level and even detect disease. The invention is part of ...

A stick-on patch that tracks, and even regulates, blood sugar levels could be used by people with diabetes one day, according to a new study. Unlike finger pricking — the traditional method of ...

WASHINGTON — Breaking a sweat? Researchers are creating a skin patch that can test those droplets while people exercise and beam results to their smartphones, possibly a new way to track health and ...

Nobody likes having blood samples drawn. What's more, such samples typically have to be analyzed in a lab before they're able to tell us anything. But now scientists at the University of Cincinnati ...

Have you ever wished sweat could be more than just a drippy annoyance? Researchers have been working on a new skin patch that tests perspiration for its biochemical components, and beams the results ...

A tiny wearable patch could change how we track our health, monitoring hydration, stress, and fatigue in real time, all through your sweat.

Flexible stick-on patch measures pH, lactate, glucose and chloride ions in sweat Colour changes on patch analysed using smartphone app Patch could be used to measure athletic performance and health ...

Unlocking the secrets that sweat contains about our bodies could come to offer all kinds of exciting ways to maintain our physical well-being. From glucose to sodium, tracking of key chemicals in this ...

A smart patch used to measure sweat components in athletes may play a role in monitoring patients with coronavirus. The patch was developed by Epicore Biosystems, but its creators believe similar it ...

Richard A. Lovett is my professional name. Friends know me as Rick. I’ve done a lot of things in my life, including getting a Ph.D., and being a law prof, but these days, I’m primarily a writer and ...

WASHINGTON --Breaking a sweat? Researchers are creating a skin patch that can test those droplets while people exercise and beam results to their smartphones, possibly a new way to track health and ...

A stick-on patch that tracks, and even regulates, blood sugar levels could be used by people with diabetes one day, according to a new study. Unlike finger pricking — the traditional method of ...