Dumbbell-shaped holes in the material may be the key. This is an Inside Science story. The quest to track health information without drawing blood has inspired wearables like Fitbit and Apple Watch, ...

Technological progress has provided numerous types of health-related devices from wristwatches sensing heartbeat and mobile applications tracking hormonal cycles to the wearable “electronic skin” ...

Thin, wearable films packed with discreet sensors promise to change the game when it comes to health monitoring, with the potential to track everything from vitamin C levels, to blood sugar, to signs ...

Researchers at MIT have developed a new sweat-proof material they call "electronic skin." The new material is described as a comfortable to wear, sensor-embedded sticky patch able to monitor the ...

There may be a link between sensitive skin and excessive sweating, according to a new study published in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. The study, which looked at more than 600 people with both ...

I don’t need a thermometer to tell me when the temperature has gone over 90°F. All I need is my left wrist. That’s where I wear my watch, and the instant the air temp pops past 90, I get a rash under ...