New York, Feb 6 (Ians) Researchers have developed a wearable device that can be placed directly on a patient's skin and can continually measure the concentration of cortisol, the main stress biomarker, in the patient's sweat.
While cortisol helps our bodies respond to stressful situations, it is actually a double-edged sword.
It is usually secreted throughout the day according to a circadian rhythm, peaking between 6am and 8am and then gradually decreasing into the afternoon and evening.
"But in people who suffer from stress-related diseases, this circadian rhythm is completely thrown off," said one of the researchers Adrian Ionescu, head of Nanoelectronic Devices Laboratory (Nanolab) at Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (Epfl) in Switzerland.
"And if the body makes too much or not enough cortisol, that can seriously damage an individual's health, potentially leading to obesity, cardiovascular disease, depression or burnout."
Blood tests can be used to take snapshot measurements of patients' cortisol levels.
While cortisol helps our bodies respond to stressful situations, it is actually a double-edged sword.
It is usually secreted throughout the day according to a circadian rhythm, peaking between 6am and 8am and then gradually decreasing into the afternoon and evening.
"But in people who suffer from stress-related diseases, this circadian rhythm is completely thrown off," said one of the researchers Adrian Ionescu, head of Nanoelectronic Devices Laboratory (Nanolab) at Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (Epfl) in Switzerland.
"And if the body makes too much or not enough cortisol, that can seriously damage an individual's health, potentially leading to obesity, cardiovascular disease, depression or burnout."
Blood tests can be used to take snapshot measurements of patients' cortisol levels.
- 2/6/2021
- by IANS
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