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

Perhaps our body temperature isn’t 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit — or at least not anymore. One woman, while lying down while feeling sick, posited that on TikTok. Citing research that the more common ...

Over the past few decades, evidence has been mounting that the average human body temperature is not really 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Instead, most people’s baseline is a little bit cooler. The ...

Clinicians have long adhered to 98.6 degrees as the standard, healthy human temperature, but recent research suggests it’s more commonly between 97.3 and 98.2 degrees Fahrenheit. As such, health ...

Vital signs measure the body’s most essential functions. They include heart rate, body temperature, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. Healthcare professionals use vital signs to ...

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 ...