Dear Dr. Roach • I am an 85-year-old female with an often low body temperature. I feel very warm, like I have a fever, but when I take my temperature it can be as low as 95 or 96. This has happened ...

Your body temperature might seem like just another vital sign, but it quietly reveals more than most people realize. From metabolism to mood, fluctuations in your temperature can serve as a hidden ...

This is the first pre-specified analysis of a large clinical trial to report the association of low body temperature and worse outcomes in patients hospitalized due to worsening HF. Among 4108 ...

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 ...

Thermoregulation is how humans maintain a temperature range suitable for life. It is critical because having an extremely ...

Some mammals are capable of hibernating during periods of low food availability in an effort to conserve energy and survive. While it is easy to understand why species have evolved this survival ...

In the mid-19th century, German physician Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich set about establishing the average temperature of the human body. He believed (correctly) that fever is a symptom of a disease ...

A total of 4133 patients were enrolled; they were mostly male (74%), white (85%), and had a mean age of 66 ± 12 years. The aetiology of HF was primarily ischaemic (65%), and the mean EF was 27 ± 8%.