Our patient had Fox-Fordyce disease, otherwise known as apocrine miliaria. A chronic, recurrent, inflammatory disease affecting the sweat glands, Fox-Fordyce disease is characterized by the presence ...

It’s a biological mystery that has perplexed humanity through the ages – especially in recent times when so many of us go to such great lengths to remove it. What useful purpose could pubic and armpit ...

Most Americans spend at least a portion of every day trying to prevent body odor—showering, applying deodorant and even sniffing their armpits to detect any trace of an off-putting smell. For most ...

It's not your fault that you stink when you sweat. Your skin is one big petri dish teeming with bacteria. You wash most of them off when you take a thorough, soapy shower. But once you're out of the ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...