The familiar sensation of cold hands and feet often gets dismissed as a minor inconvenience, something that happens when temperatures drop or during stressful moments. Many people reach for extra ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ability to sense heat protects the body from burns and injury. But how the body actually feels temperature has remained ...

Dear Carol: Even at 83, my mother lives comfortably on her own. She’s installed aging-in-place safety gadgets like grab bars and, as far as I can tell, her memory and thinking are fine. What concerns ...

The disruption of sleeping and waking patterns from the daylight saving clock change reveals a great deal about our everyday ...

"Try to avoid caffeine after about 2pm," advises Dr Lindsay Browning, psychologist and sleep expert for And So To Bed.

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers assess the probable association between body temperature and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) among Japanese individuals. ASDs ...

Despite their frequency, many people misunderstand what a fever means, when it’s dangerous and how best to manage it. Here’s ...

The integumentary system is the physical system that forms the barrier between the external environment and the internal systems of the body. In humans, this system consists of skin, hair, nails, and ...