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August 27, 2007

Health Tip: Excessive Sweating

(HealthDay News) -- Excessive sweating -- even when at rest -- is a medical condition called hyperhidrosis. It's caused by overactive sweat glands, which produce sweat for no reason, even when the body is cool. It most often causes excessive sweating in the feet, hands and armpits.

Here are suggestions on how to help control hyperhidrosis, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine:

-- Diana Kohnle

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