Soon, a fingerprint sweat test could be used to check that such people are following instructions. Currently, blood tests are required to detect which antipsychotics are being taken, and in what ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists can now detect antipsychotic drugs in individuals from their fingertip sweat. Researchers at the University of Surrey (UK) have developed a fast, non-invasive test for monitoring ...

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 ...

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

A soft, flexible device that sticks on skin to capture sweat and measure sweat chloride may help doctors diagnose cystic fibrosis in infants, according to new data published online March 31 in Science ...