An international team of researchers say a protein found in human sweat may help protect people from Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness that affects nearly a half-million people every year in the ...

A protein found in human sweat may offer protection from Lyme disease, a bacterial infection spread by ticks, research ...

So what makes humans such endurance running superstars? The secret weapon is our sweat. We have 2-4 million sweat glands all over our body, which means we can run and cool ourselves at the same time.

The idea that we need to wear scented sprays on our bodies to be clean is simply not true, says English anatomy professor Michelle Spear.