The traditional Finnish sauna, which takes place in a heated and enclosed wooden room, is the most popular sauna experience worldwide and therefore is what many studies are based on regarding sauna's ...
After an injury, a health writer found healing in the heat. A Finnish MD/PhD world expert in sauna therapy explains the ...
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 ...
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Saunas come with risks like dehydration, so make sure you're well hydrated before your session. FatCamera/Getty Images The first saunas were built 10,000 years ago in Finland. In fact, the word sauna ...