They design a ‘wearable’ to detect stress and associated diseases through sweat

Researchers at the University of California (UCLA), in United Stateshave developed a wearable device o’wearables‘ capable of monitoring changes in cortisol levels through sweat to detect stress and related diseases.

The cortisol it is a hormone that is released by the body in response to stress, and is often analyzed through blood tests to detect diseases that cause it to be generated at high levels. But this has not been an option.”practice” to monitor the variations that the presence of this hormone can experience.

Instead, it does seem that resorting to sweat can allow such monitoring, as researchers from the UCLA NanoSystems Institutewho have developed a ‘wearables‘ that detects changes in cortisol levels “precise, non-invasive and in real time”as stated in a statement from the university.

This technology could make whoever wears it “can read and react to an essential biochemical indicator of stress,” they explain. Variations in cortisol levels can indicate the presence of psychiatric disorders, such as depression, but can also be useful for monitoring treatments.

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Source: Elcomercio

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