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- 1From:Diabetes Care (Vol. 22, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedContinuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) has become a popular mode for long-term treatment of patients with type 1 diabetes, and implantable insulin pumps are currently tested in many countries. We report on an...
- 2From:The Literary Review (Vol. 55, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] It is late afternoon on the shores of a bay named Prosperity, but it might as well be late morning or, even, late evening--for these are the White Nights, the time of year when the...
- 3From:Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (Vol. 43, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedShort- to medium-term (i.e., 4-14 days) heating protocols induce physiological adaptations including improved cardiac autonomic modulations, as assessed using heart rate variability, which may contribute to greater...
- 4From:BMC Medicine (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Previous evidence indicates that sauna bathing is related to a reduced risk of fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in men. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sauna...
- 5From:Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients (Issue 232) Peer-ReviewedEveryone today is exposed to heavy metals and toxic chemicals. Particularly for slow metabolizers, an excellent method to detoxify the body is the far-infrared sauna, Its dry, warming energy is highly compatible with...
- 6From:Journal of Human Hypertension (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedEmerging evidence suggests beneficial effects of sauna bathing on the cardiovascular system. However, the effects of sauna bathing on parameters of cardiovascular function and blood-based biomarkers are uncertain. We...
- 7From:Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine (Issue 288) Peer-ReviewedShort exposure to infrared dry sauna improves cardiac function and vascular health, according to Japanese research. A 2001 study by M. Imamura and colleagues compared vascular endothelial and cardiac function in 25 men...
- 8From:Nature Reviews Cardiology (Vol. 12, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedIncreased frequency and duration of sauna bathing is associated with a reduced risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), fatal coronary heart disease (CHD), and fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD). This finding comes from the...
- 9From:Alternative Medicine Review (Vol. 16, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Sauna therapy has been used for hundreds of years in the Scandinavian region as a standard health activity. Studies document the effectiveness of sauna therapy for persons with hypertension, congestive heart...
- 10From:The Architectural Review (Vol. 196, Issue 1170)Swimming is one of favorite sports in Finland and since the country is too cold, heated indoor swimming pools are the norm for the people. In the town of Forssa, architect Pekka Helin designed and built an elegant...
- 11From:Medical Principles and Practice (Vol. 27, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjective: Sauna bathing has been suggested to promote mental well-being and relaxation, but the evidence is uncertain with respect to mental disorders. We aimed to assess the association of frequency of sauna bathing...
- 12From:BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Fundamental in traditional postpartum recovery in Lao PDR is the use of hotbeds, mother roasting, steam sauna and steam baths. During these treatments medicinal plants play a crucial role, but little has...
- 13From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week2022 JUN 11 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Perspire Sauna Studio, the rapidly-growing infrared and red light therapy (RLT) sauna franchise, has just opened their...
- 14From:Hecate (Vol. 37, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedOn Tuesdays it was women only. Not in the pool--my friend Joe could do irritatingly adept lengths to his heart's content while I battled to move in any direction but down--but in the sauna, and Joe would bemoan the...
- 15From:Acta Ethnographica Hungarica: An International Journal of Ethnography (Vol. 61, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract: The article examines the poly-semantic concept of cleanliness in traditional Udmurt practices in respect to religious, ritualized and daily life, focusing on the definite object of a human body. The idea of...
- 16From:The Architectural Review (Vol. 211, Issue 1260)The little sauna on Muuraissaari Island on a lake near Luumaki in eastern Finland is by architect Teemu Tuomi working with landscape architect Sari Knuuti. It is beautifully sited in the pine forest on a boulder-strewn...
- 17From:Internal Medicine News (Vol. 35, Issue 10)ATLANTA -- Saunas markedly reduce cardiac arrhythmias in patients with chronic heart failure, Dr. Takashi Kihara reported at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology. The likely explanation for this...
- 18From:BioMed Research InternationalPeer-ReviewedExposure to extreme heat and cold is one of the environmental factors whose action is precisely based on the mechanisms involving free radicals. Fluctuations in ambient temperature are among the agents that toughen the...
- 19From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 21, Issue 42) Peer-ReviewedOne of the weekly tasks on placement at a genitourinary medicine clinic was visiting saunas. We took condoms and lubricants and offered sexual health screening and general advice. Confidentiality was vital--names were...
- 20From:Antiquity (Vol. 75, Issue 290) Peer-ReviewedThe sweatbath, temescalli, literally `steam house', to the Aztecs, and pib na -- `cooking-pit house' -- to the prehispanic Maya, was a noted feature of the ceremonial and social life of prehispanic and colonial...