Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a study of middle-aged men, increased frequency of sauna bathing was associated with reduced risk for sudden ...

This 20-year study out of Finland showed the more frequently you used a sauna, the lower your risk of dementia. Researchers followed over 2,000 men and found those taking a sauna between 4-7 times a ...

A new study suggests that men who want to live longer should prepare to sweat it out in a Finnish sauna several times a week. Researchers looked at 2,315 Finnish men who have had their health tracked ...

Frequent sauna bathing may reduce the risk of dementia, suggests a recent study in Finland. In a 20-year follow-up, men taking a sauna 4-7 times a week were 66% less likely to be diagnosed with ...

From the Jewish schvitz to Mesoamerican “houses of heat,” people all over the world have long associated a good sweat with a wide assortment of health benefits. And some of the latest research seems ...

The Finns describe them as the ‘poor man’s pharmacy’ and now researchers have proved that saunas are indeed beneficial to health. Scientists have found that the dry heat of a sauna does more than work ...

The practice of producing heat and excess sweat as a therapeutic method extends back thousands of years in many cultures, though we’ve adopted the word ‘sauna’ from the Finnish tradition. Saunas do ...

The essential guide to baths, saunas, and spa treatments. Finnish cabinet ministers do it, Russian hockey players do it, Koreans do it on a first date. Social bathing—known as "naked communion" in ...

The best part of winter might just be the creative ways to stay cozy. From soaking in coveted hot springs around the world to working up a sweat in a sauna, warming your bones in the dark days of ...