Adulting is hard. It's even harder when you realize that you feel feverish, that you need to take your temperature, and that, whoops, you don't even own a thermometer. If you're feeling feverish, or ...

A temporal artery thermometer (TAT) measures the heat energy your body gives off in your temporal artery. It's a blood vessel that runs across the middle of your forehead. To use a temporal artery ...

Lindsay Cook, PharmD, is a consultant pharmacist working with long-term care facilities. You should clean your thermometers with rubbing alcohol or bleach wipes regularly to kill germs. It is best to ...