A temporal artery thermometer (TAT) measures the heat energy your body gives off in your temporal artery. It's a blood vessel that runs across the middle of your forehead. To use a temporal artery ...

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Restrictions due to the pandemic are easing in many states, but we all remember having our temperature checked to get into many businesses during the pandemic. The temperature checks were performed ...

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 ...

Feeling under the weather? Chances are you or your doctor will grab a thermometer, take your temperature and hope for the familiar 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius) everyone recognizes as ...

Similar to standard smartwatches, Apple Watch comes complete with an array of sensors that keep track of aspects like your vitals, physical activity, and sleep patterns. These Apple Watch features not ...

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 ...

For 150 years, 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit was thought to be the average body temperature for a healthy human being. But that number is wrong. “Doctors are no different from anybody else,” says Julie ...