Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

ATLANTA — As summer temperatures rise, it's important to understand how your body works to keep you cool. Your body has a built-in air conditioning unit: sweat. The normal body temperature is 98.6 ...

People with depression have higher body temperatures, a new study found, giving insight into potential new ways to manage the disorder. The study, published in Scientific Reports, doesn’t clarify ...

The body keeps a core temperature of about 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit for health. Thermoreceptors in the skin and body send ...

Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature — a strategy called heterothermy — and outlast storms, ...

As part of the circadian rhythms that act as our 24-hour body clock and govern many aspects of our physical and mental states, our body temperature begins to decline when bedtime approaches.