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 ...

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 ...

Sweat from a fingertip can be used to test whether tuberculosis (TB) patients are taking their medication properly. Until now, this could only be done by pricking blood. Pulmonologist Onno Akkerman ...

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 ...

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 ...