Answer: Today, many investigators believe that fever is beneficial in fighting disease. Decades ago, before the discovery of antibiotics, experimentation revealed that syphilis could be cured by inducing fevers by infecting a patient with malaria. (Although successful, unless you want a letter from a lawyer, you probably shouldn’t use this form of treatment.) Higher temperatures [...]

Answer: A true fever is an increase in core temperature caused by elevation of the hypothalamic setpoint. This causes the body to attempt to generate heat (e.g., by shivering) to elevate the body’s core temperature. In contrast, hyperthermia results in an elevated temperature without altering the set-point, so the body attempts to cool itseff to [...]