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98.6
The article about the healthy core body temperature in humans redirects here,for other uses,see [[98.6 (disambiguation)]]

In the [[United States]], '''98.6''' degrees [[Fahrenheit]] is widely believed to be the healthy core body temperature for an adult [[human]]. 

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*"'''98.6'''" is also the title of a [[1967]] hit single by "[[Keith (singer)|Keith]]" (real name James Barry Keefer, now legally changed to Bazza Keefer).{{Fact|date=June 2007}} 

The song relates the feeling of being in love to the feeling of good health and thus to the number 98.6.

==External links==
*[http://hypertextbook.com/facts/LenaWong.shtml Temperature of a Healthy Human (Body Temperature)]

*[http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/hw198785.asp Body temperature at Web MD]⏎
*[http://www.keith986.com Keith's big hit]
*[http://www.pharmacychain366.com/company/  36.6 Pharmacy Chain]
*[http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/268/12/1578 JAMA] "A critical appraisal of 98.6 degrees F, the upper limit of the normal body temperature, and other legacies of Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich" Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 268 No. 12, September 23, 1992

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