It's natural to worry when your child has a fever. But fevers can actually be beneficial since they kick the immune system into high gear to help the body fight infection, says Anne Tran, MD, a ...

The Atlanta Dream have shown a lot of fight while battling for a playoff spot, rallying from 16 down to beat Dallas in overtime on Friday night. The Dream (12-22) look to carry that momentum into ...

For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it's good or bad — has been hotly contested. In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates thought that fever had useful qualities, and could cook an ...

Wonder why you feel so bad when you've got a cold or the flu?Blame it on your brain, says Harvard Medical School's Clifford Saper M.D. In an effort to turn up body temperature and kill the bug, he ...