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 ...

A recent analysis of temperature trends suggests that the average human body temperature has dropped since the 19th century due to physiological changes. The authors of the new study also highlight ...

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 ...

For decades, 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit has been the widely accepted “normal” average temperature for the human body. But new research adds to the growing body of evidence that humans actually run a bit ...