Fun Facts About Dogs and Puppies Oct 31, 2009
Dogs have a limited amount of sweat glands with the most efficient being on their feet. Whereas humans can lose body heat by sweating, dogs can't. (Suite101.com)
The Stuff Of Legends APCliff Lee went the distance and fanned 10 without issuing a walk, improving to 3-0 with an 0.54 ERA this postseason.Completely in command, Cliff Lee pitched like he had already seen Game 1 and knew how it turned out. It's just one game, but the Yankees must be feeling woozy, writes Joe Posnanski. Oct 29, 2009
I don't buy that a person with a beating heart and fully operational stomach and sweat glands in his palms could pitch his first World Series game and not feel nervous. Not at all. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
Body wisdom to combat body odour Oct 21, 2009
Body odor is primarily generated in the area under the arms where there is a high concentration of sweat glands. Body odour can be an embarrassment, which many face from time to time. (India Times, India)
Daily guide to television and radio Oct 16, 2009
Also: live treatment of a woman s overactive sweat glands. Dr. Phil at 3 p.m. on Ch. (Boston Globe)
Drought wiping out Kenya wildlife Oct 16, 2009
The huge herbivores have no sweat glands and are at the mercy of the unrelenting heat. A fifth year of consecutive drought is ravaging seven east African countries, and there are fears rains forecast to start this month may only add to the misery by triggering floods. (MSNBC -- International)
Court won’t hear sperm donor suit Oct 1, 2009
Ectodermal dysplasia is a group of conditions in which there is abnormal development of the skin, hair, nails, teeth, or sweat glands. Jane Doe voluntarily placed the twins in the custody of the state Department of Children and Families. (Boston Globe)
Will it be ruined? Sep 30, 2009
Glorified sweat glands they may be, but thats not stopping me from lamenting my loss. To give you some background, I had my first bra fitting aged 15. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Protein Fed in Barn: Emmick Waves Caution Flag (2) Sep 20, 2009
As a ruminant, a cow has that big heat-generating rumen, limited sweat glands, and a body mass-to-surface are that s large, limiting their ability to radiate heat as the temperature goes up. Her thermal neutral zone is the environmental temperature range within which she needs neither extra heat generation nor heat loss. (Agri-View, WI)
Pancreas, an organ of many talents, also root of serious ills Sep 15, 2009
For all the difficulty of studying the pancreas, researchers eventually came to appreciate the organ as a gland of many talents, serving both an exocrine role - secreting its products through ducts, as the breast secretes milk and the sweat glands perspiration - and an endocrine role, fabricating hormones and squirting them into the bloodstream, as the ovaries and testes dispense sex hormones and the thyroid thyroxine. Roughly 90% of the pancreas is devoted to its exocrinic role of generating... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
In Rome, summer goes to the dogs Aug 20, 2009
Unlike humans, who have sweat glands all over their bodies, dogs have glands only between the pads of their feet. They also pant to remain cool. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Why Humans and Their Fur Parted Ways, Nicholas Wade, the New York Times Aug 18, 2009
Dr. Pagel and Dr. Bodmer suggest that these humid regions, dense with sweat glands, serve as launching pads for pheromones, airborne hormones known to convey sexual signals in other mammals though not yet identified in humans. Another conundrum is why women have less body hair than men. (Harper's Magazine)
Aluminium-Free Deodorants in Test Aug 14, 2009
They contain aluminium compounds which reduce sweating by blocking sweat glands, while deodorants merely reduce the odor of sweat, usually by killing bacteria that cause the odor. Unfortunately antiperspirants can cause skin irritation and aluminium has been associated with possible neurotoxicity. (Suite101.com)
Learning the key risk factors for heat illness can save a life Aug 10, 2009
Heat rash begins when macerated skin blocks the sweat glands and can result from lack of rest in a cool environment during intense heat. A person sweats to cool their body, Calvert said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Are You a Mosquito Magnet? Aug 1, 2009
So does the lactic acid from your sweat glands. And then -- gotcha. (CBS News)
Heat causes concern for livestock Jul 30, 2009
Pigs in particular suffer in the high temperatures due to their lack of functional sweat glands ... Since pigs do not have functional sweat glands and only dissipate heat through their noses, they are prone to overheating and also become easily dehydrated. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Keep pets safe from the heat, officials urge Jul 25, 2009
Most heat-related injury cases involve dogs, which, unlike cats, have no sweat glands, said Nancy Bradley, medical director of Second Chance Animal Hospital. "Animals can't articulate that," she said. (AZCentral)
Protecting Your Feet in the Summer Heat Jul 22, 2009
Your feet have an abundance of sweat glands. To prevent the odor, the slick soles and the moisture that can lead to blisters, coat the bottoms of your feet with a potent antiperspirant, like Dove Clinical Protection, at night or in the morning. (ABC News)
Pamper your pets Jul 16, 2009
Dogs and cats don t have sweat glands, Jones said. That is the reason the pant and it is really easy for them to get heat exhaustion in the hot summer weather. (Brewton Standard, AL)
Gallagher: Cool enough for ya? Jul 16, 2009
You'd think an outdoor summer job would have his sweat glands running on high. Not this summer. (Sioux City Journal)
Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke Eme... Jun 27, 2009
When heat builds up in the body, sweat glands produce sweat which evaporates and cools the skin. When the body begins to overheat, blood vessels expand, bringing more blood to the skin's surface where heat is lost. (Suite101.com)
Update: Center closing at 6 p.m. Jun 25, 2009
Human bodies dissipate heat by varying the rate and depth of blood circulation, by losing water through the skin and sweat glands, and-as the last extremity is reached-by panting, when blood is heated above 98 ... The heart is pumping a torrent of blood through dilated circulatory vessels; the sweat glands are pouring liquid-including essential dissolved chemicals, like sodium and chloride onto the surface of the skin. (Cameron Observer, MO)
Steaming already Jun 19, 2009
It varies blood circulation and expels water through skin and sweat glands. Skin handles about 90 percent of the body's heat dissipating function. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Different Genes Cause Loss Of Body Parts Jun 5, 2009
ScienceDaily (June 4, 2009) New research shows that when two species of stickleback fish evolved and lost their pelvises and body armor, the changes were caused by different genes in each species. That surprised researchers, who expected the same genes would control the same changes in both related fish. (Science Daily)
Fun for Kids in Nashville May 31, 2009
Kids crawl through the four chambers and valves of a giant beating heart and climb the Skin Wall, with hair follicles, sweat glands and touch receptors as hand and footholds. In other exhibits, kids get a glimpse of the astronaut training program in Space Chase; don white coats and try their hands at health professions in Body Quest; and pilot a fighter jet through thrilling aerobatic maneuvers, dog fights and carrier landings in BLUE MAX.. (Suite101.com)
What to Expect When Puberty Hits May 16, 2009
And thanks to estrogen or testosterone's effect on a tween's sweat glands, your kid will eventually start smelling like a little construction worker after a hard, hot day even if he's not sweating that much. Talia*, of West Palm Beach, FL, says she'll never forget the first time she noticed that her son, Smith*, then 10, smelled. (Fox News)
In hot car, just a minute can be deadly for dogs May 14, 2009
Veterinarian Cate Rinaldo, a volunteer with United Animal Nations, points out that dogs don't have sweat glands all over their bodies like humans do, so the main way they can cool off is by panting, which isn't very efficient. Once a dog's body temperature gets over about 106 normal temperature is around 101 the result is "everything from nerve damage, heart problems, liver damage, systemic organ failure, and it happens fast, within a matter of minutes," she says. (MSNBC -- Health)
Bristol is brave May 12, 2009
The hate that oozes from your sweat glands is enough to sicken the healthiest of people. How does it feel to wake up every day, if you actually sleep at night and look around trying to find something to hate. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Old Spice Smells Like a Billion Bucks Apr 30, 2009
Others pore over grainy black-and-white video of underarms, magnified to 200 times normal size, and watch sweat glands up close as they spew out the fluids that grow odor-causing bacteria. In drab laboratories, amid industrial tubs of raw deodorant ingredients and steel counters crowded with beakers and hot plates, they labor over concoctions to plug those pesky pores. (FastCompany)
Sweaty armpits run dry in new surgery Apr 12, 2009
An $8000, hour-long procedure called Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA) uses a laser to burn away the sweat glands beneath the skin ... Before LSA, people used Botox injections as a temporary measure or endured major surgery to cut nerves in the chest linked to the sweat glands. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Bethesda Office Building Evacuated After Freon Leak Apr 2, 2009
The gas effects the sweat glands and can cause difficulty breathing when it replaces oxygen in the lungs. Right now officials are unsure how much freon leaked into the building. (W-USA News, DC)
Healthful Hints: Liposuction, Botox both can be used to treat excessive armpit sweating Feb 10, 2009
The mechanism involved blocks nerves that stimulate sweat glands from releasing acetylcholine, the chemical that causes glands to produce ... Otherwise, efforts have been to lay open the skin (with anesthetic, not quite like filleting a fish), and scrape the underside where most of the sweat glands are. (Winona Daily News, MN)
How do you explain a miracle? Feb 10, 2009
She persisted and finally my step mother, who is also a nurse, located a doctor out of Needham who had recently diagnosed an older patient suffering with CF. He tested my sweat glands, identified the gene and confirmed what my wife had suspected for almost a year - I was born with CF and was misdiagnosed all those years. For the next three years Shawn learned how to live with his disease but it was not easy. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
