How do you stay warm in the freezing winter months? The first way is by wearing lots of layers of comfortable and woolen clothing and the second way is by keeping your body temperature warm. When it ...

Recent research reveals a significant shift in the average human body temperature, challenging the long-accepted benchmark of 37°C (98.6°F) established by German physician Carl Reinhold August ...

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 ...

Throughout history, people have had to find ways to cope with varying environmental conditions. Whether they lived in a hot or cold climate or had access to plentiful or limited water, they adapted ...

Humans have gotten cooler since the Civil War — by a little more than half a degree. According to a recent study, the average man’s body temperature is about 0.59 degrees C cooler today than someone ...

Common knowledge says that your body temperature should be 98.6 degrees F and that a high or low body temperature signals something is wrong. But that's not quite true. In general, normal body ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 80-year-old man in relatively good health. I don’t smoke or drink, and I have a vegetarian diet. I exercise moderately, and I am not overweight. About 30 years ago, I ...