Besides pulse, respiratory rate, and blood pressure, a patient’s temperature is also considered a “vital sign.” The thing that makes a person’s temperature vital is that the body’s homeostasis, or ability to maintain all functions optimally, depends upon a certain range of heat. Most everyone can recite that the average body core temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit with a healthy range being anywhere from 97 to 99 degrees. Temperatures that vary below or above this average create an internal atmosphere that is not conducive to the various systems’ functioning. The term “fever” generally refers to anything over 99 degrees. In order to maintain the healthful range, the body has a regulating system that kicks in much like any thermostat. If the core temperature starts to rise, we begin a cooling mechanism through sweating. If the core temperature starts to decrease, shivering will initiate warming through muscle contractions.

The latest release from Philadelphia guitarist- songwriter Kurt Vile is a 69-minute double LP of lengthy, languid meditations on the everyday and beyond. The songs unwind slowly, their charms leaving imprints on the way back around.

Jackie Robinson was the ideal class act to break the barrier and become the first black player in Major League Baseball.

What should be a hilarious, long-overdue pairing of two hugely likable, superstar comedians ends up being a major disappointment with "Admission."

In Netflix’s bid for a flagship original drama of its own — a “Sopranos” to its HBO — the subscription streaming service is presenting a high-class adaptation of a British political thriller offered up all at once, with its first season immediately ready for TV-viewing gluttony.

The state may be getting an all-Republican Corporation Commission because of a last-minute move by the Arizona Association of Realtors to get a panel they think will be friendlier to their issues.

High school student Trenton Keller, 16, was found dead by family members early morning Sunday.

With Biden and Ryan’s debate behind us, the nation is still asking, “What happened to Obama?” in his first debate and can he fix it in the next round?

LOS ANGELES — With "The Imposter," director Bart Layton takes a non-fiction subject — the disappearance of a 13-year-old boy and the emergence of a man who claims to be him years later — and depicts it with all the tension, twists and turns of a gripping mystery. He accomplishes much of this feat through clever use of reenactments — a tactic the great Errol Morris used to revolutionize documentaries decades ago.

Unhappy with a voter initiative, the state’s top Republican politicians are crafting their own alternative to a plan for open primaries.

Here are the four provisions of SB 1070 decided by the U.S. Supreme Court as well as comments from the court's majority ruling.

The nation's high court on Monday cleared the way for Arizona to force state and local police to check the immigration status of those they have stopped.

“...for the President to perform his constitutional duties, it is imperative that he receive candid and unfettered advice and that free and open discussions and deliberations occur among his advisors and between those advisors and others within and outside the Executive Branch.”

Those in and around Arizona politics know I am a steadfast believer in maintaining a strong pro-business climate that promotes job growth and long-term economic development.

Those in and around Arizona politics know I am a steadfast believer in maintaining a strong pro-business climate that promotes job growth and long-term economic development.

After months of deliberation, National School Choice Week has selected Arizona to host its official kickoff celebration in 2013.

Arizona courts cannot order stores that post the wrong prices on items offered for sale to surrender their wrongfully obtained profits, the state Supreme Court ruled last week.

Arizona courts cannot order stores that post the wrong prices on items offered for sale to surrender their wrongfully obtained profits, the state Supreme Court ruled last week.

Why is it that when a conservative’s letter is printed, it’s nearly always responded with a liberal’s hatred and rhetoric? I said in my letter that water boarding was not torture. It doesn’t matter how many liberals respond; I will never back down from my viewpoints.

Ask Arizonans about their health care concerns and — overwhelmingly — they will say they are worried about how much their health insurance costs and whether they will continue to be able to afford it.

An anonymous letter arrived recently from a worried spouse. The woman said she was “terrified” that her husband’s tax cheating would land them both in federal prison. Her husband, she said, didn’t report all their rental property income because “everyone does it.”

The staff at Desert Garden Montessori wants to be known for not just talking about future plans and improvements, but actually making them happen.