Scientists think they may have finally discovered the reason why human body temperature has been decreasing over the past few centuries—gut microbes. A paper published in the American Journal of ...

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

For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it's good or bad — has been hotly contested. In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates thought that fever had useful qualities, and could cook an ...

Jeffrey Rathmell, PhD, left, and Darren Heintzman have defined the molecular events of the T cell response to fever temperatures. Fever temperatures rev up immune cell metabolism, proliferation and ...

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 ...