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- Time to redefine normal body temperature? (2020) https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/time-to-redefine-normal-body-temperature-2020031319173 144 comments
- What is 'normal' body temperature? Some experts say it's not 98.6 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/12/19/normal-body-temperature-986-fluctuations/ 4 comments
- Normal body temperature found to vary between people https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-body-temperature-vary-people.html 2 comments
- Pushing back on the definition of normal body temperature https://www.wired.com/story/98-degrees-is-a-normal-body-temperature-right-not-quite/ 42 comments
- How does the human body regulate its normal temperature and what effect does external temperature have on it? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/5irmcy/how_does_the_human_body_regulate_its_normal/ 5 comments askscience
- Though used for more than a century, the normal body temperature standard of 98.6 degrees is probably too high. http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-esoterica26nov26,1,981033.column?coll=la-headlines-health 7 comments science
- Liver transplanted successfully after being kept 3 days outside of the body at normal temperature, recipient still doing well after 1 year https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-022-01354-7.epdf?sharing_token=ttUUAkT_QO0J6qU3tQCgGtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PG12Ie-07uuyKqElc1Ne_WyBHlwWnxtXHmcyScgIRPK1Alb1Oa9xoY6iYujzQoE8Korgqq5gEj7oT5Rr_p-igGQKZudg3gHXRKP83HY9_eYCmbvE_eGh4Hb2f7EnWaB91hHb4EnBiIJLHqzWubKZsYUsNAddN3Dk5JuIebCw5dYYYHT9CbSw_2yVx4ckGL-NU%3D&tracking_referrer=www.medscape.com 18 comments science
- In the US, the normal, oral temperature of adults is, on average, lower than the canonical 37°C established in the 19th century. We postulated that body temperature has decreased over time. https://elifesciences.org/articles/49555?mod=article_inline 3 comments science
- Human Body Temperature Is Getting Cooler, Study Finds. Our average normal temperature may no longer be 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/01/human-body-temperature-has-decreased-in-united-states.html 139 comments science
- US data suggest human bodies are cooling down. Normal body temperatures are a fraction of a degree colder than they were in the nineteenth century. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00074-9 22 comments science
- The human body is getting colder. Since the nineteenth century, normal body temperatures have dropped by a fraction of a degree, according to a provocative study of more than 677,000 thermometer measurements taken from people in the United States since 1860. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00074-9?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews&sf228282472=1#ref-cr1 9 comments science