Title: Study suggests average body temperature in humans falling
Headings: Study suggests average body temperature in humans falling
Study suggests average body temperature in humans falling
From where did 98.6 F come?
The study
Dr. Liji Thomas

Content: This would lead to a lot of inflammatory processes going on over the average human’s lifespan. This in turn results in a higher level of cytokines, or inflammatory cell signaling molecules. These cause an enhanced rate of metabolism, that makes the body hotter. On the other hand, infectious disease plays a much more minor part in today’s disease spectrum. Advances in potable water availability and quality, coupled with immunization and antibiotics, have caused many such infectious conditions to come under control. This would inevitably lead to a significant change in the functioning of the human body over the decades. Another factor they suggest is the modern access to effective temperature regulatory devices such as fans, air conditioners and the like. As a result, they say, humans no longer need to make much effort to keep themselves balanced with respect to body temperature. In the US, notes Parsonnet, “It’s always 70 F (21.1 C) in our houses.” However, this doesn’t hold good in the vast majority of the earth’s peoples.