“…neurons that release the "happiness molecule" serotonin respond to increases in body temperature, perhaps explaining the sauna's pleasurable effects.”
“Sauna treatment increased the heart's ability to pump blood, and boosted the distance participants could walk in 6 minutes from 337 metres to 379 metres.” (For this trial, the subjects, with chronic heart failure, took 15 minute saunas five times a week for three weeks.)
The New Scientist is reporting on new clinical research that trials involving regular sauna treatment increased the heart's ability to pump blood, and boosted the distance participants could walk in 6 minutes.
The full article is here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21206-saunas-could-heal-your-mood-and-your-heart.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
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