The Fever Paradox

How heat can save lives.

When I grew up, I was lucky to have a family doctor who didn’t treat fever as a mere symptom (or worse: a disease), but actually considered it for what it truly is — our immune system’s response to try rid itself of unwanted pathogens.

I’m therefore not a big friend of taking antipyretics right at the onset of a cold or influenza even at the risk of run…