A low body temperature can occur when you're sick or due to environmental conditions. Here's what you need to know about low ...

When you’re feeling sick and wondering whether to go to work or school, the thermometer often has the final verdict. Most people have been taught a body temperature of 98.6 Fahrenheit is normal, while ...

That thermometer reading you barely glance at during a doctor’s visit? It might be hiding critical information about your health that goes far beyond checking for a fever. While we’ve long treated ...

Warmth and cold shape body awareness, emotions, and mental health in ways science is only starting to understand.

In a recent article, a number of scientists at Stanford (Protsiv et al.) raised the puzzling question of why the average human body temperature has decreased since the Industrial Revolution. Our ...

When temperatures in Spokane reach 95 degrees, it’s not just the scorching conditions and brutal sun that make Dr. Rob Lichfield start to sweat. He knows his job as the division lead physician at ...