Ever been to the doctor's office for an exam, expressed a concern and had the doctor ask, "Is that normal for you?" Our bodies and their systems have their own unique traits and set points - their ...

In 1850, a German physician named Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich began taking his patients’ temperature. Over the next eighteen years he would measure the internal body heat of some 25,000 people who ...

In a country obsessed with body image, chronic disease, health care, food shows, fast food, vegan and raw food diets as well as high protein diets and supplements, one can’t help but wonder what is ...

In many aspects of our lives, we know what normal is. Normal body temperature is 37 degrees. The longest day of the year is June 21. Slow traffic stays to the right. In Vancouver, it rains in the ...