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 ...

Julie Parsonnet’s then-mother-in-law had been feeling ill, but her body temperature did not suggest a fever. It hovered at 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, long regarded as the standard for normal, and never ...

For as long as one can remember, the widely accepted benchmark for normal human body temperature has been 98.6°F (36.6°C). However, according to recent groundbreaking research from Stanford University ...

A Stanford University study led by Dr. Julie Parsonnet challenges the long-held belief that the average body temperature of a healthy person is 36.6°C (98.6°F). Analyzing over 618,000 measurements, ...

A recent study by Stanford Medicine researchers reveals that the commonly believed normal body temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is not accurate. Body temperature varies from person to person and ...

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 ...

What we think of as “normal” body shape is affected by what we’re accustomed to – the range of body shapes we see. My new research with colleagues shows that this is true for young children as well as ...

PCOS, sometimes known as lean PCOS, is typically diagnosed in women with normal body weight. PCOS was once assumed to be mostly related with obesity, therefore women of normal weight were unlikely to ...