Though the general health benefits of sauna bathing have been known for a long time, the use of saunas for preventing brain diseases (like Alzheimer’s disease) is a more recent subject of research. In ...

Though the general health benefits of sauna bathing have been known for a long time, the use of saunas for preventing brain diseases, like Alzheimer’s disease, is a more recent subject of research. In ...

Rochester, MN, August 1, 2018 - Sauna bathing is an activity used for the purposes of pleasure, wellness, and relaxation. Emerging evidence suggests that beyond its use for pleasure, sauna bathing may ...

Finnish sauna bathing — short-term exposure to temperatures between 80° and 100° C approximately one to three times a week — lowered the risk for CVD and eased conditions such as the common cold, ...

In the past, Finnish people took baths and soothed their aching muscles in warm wooden rooms in the evening after laboring hard on their farms in the daytime. Finnish Ambassador to Korea Matti ...

Thermal stress — both cold exposure and heat exposure, eg, through sauna bathing — has beneficial health outcomes. Data suggest that sauna bathing may help regulate blood pressure and reduce mortality ...