When someone is using antipsychotic drugs, it is vitally important that they take the correct dosage, and that they don't abruptly stop taking the medication. Soon, a fingerprint sweat test could be ...

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 ...

Construction logistics, security, and support specialist selects Intelligent Fingerprinting Drug Screening System to simplify and speed up workplace drug testing for its 450 employees and contractors ...

What if we could monitor patients in the future without taking blood samples every time? TU/e researcher Sophie Adelaars investigated a promising alternative: measuring biomarkers in sweat and saliva.

Analysis of finger sweat detected isoniazid in adults with tuberculosis (TB) for ≤ 6 hours after administration, based on data from a new pilot study. Risk factors for TB treatment failure include ...

A Northwestern Engineering-led research team has developed a novel skin-mounted sticker that absorbs sweat and then changes color to provide an accurate, easy-to-read diagnosis of cystic fibrosis ...

From glucose tracking to toxin exposure detection, scientists show how sweat could rival blood as a diagnostic resource, if technology and standardization advance ...

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 ...

Your sweaty gym shirt might seem like nothing more than evidence of a good workout, but cutting-edge technology is transforming that damp fabric into a sophisticated medical laboratory that can ...