Sweat rarely smells on its own. Body odour develops when bacteria on the skin break down compounds in sweat and release volatile chemicals that evaporate into the air.

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 ...

Sweat is produced by three major sweat glands: eccrine, apocrine, and apoeccrine. Eccrine glands are the most common and are responsible for producing sweat mainly containing water and sodium chloride ...

Sweat gland removal surgery is a minimally invasive procedure that can treat excessive sweating. While generally well-reviewed, this surgery does have some side effects to be aware of. Sweat gland ...

Body odor develops when sweat mixes with bacteria on your skin. Apocrine glands are the glands most closely associated with body odor. Regularly showering and wearing deodorant can decrease your body ...

In a recent perspective published in Science, researchers explored microfluidic systems with a skin interface in assessing chemical exposure and health status. The skin's eccrine sweat glands are ...

Michael Freeman is a founder of, and works at, The Skin Centre, a private dermatology practice on the Gold Coast, Queensland. The Skin Centre provides botulinum toxin injections for axillary (armpit) ...