MEDICAL STUDIES AND ARTICLES

• Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury in Sweat
  Journal of Environmental and Public Health

 

• Kaiser Permenante Article On The Health Benefits Of Saunas

 

• Detoxification Through The Skin
  By Mark Sircus Ac., OMD March 6th, 2005

 

• Circulation Journal December 2004 study on infrared sauna use in patients with chronic heart failure. (PDF)

 

• Saunas Improve Results For Heart Patients  By author Patricia Palmer

 

• Repeated Thermal Therapy Improves Impaired Vascular Endothelial Function In Patients With Coronary Risk Factors
  By Imamura M, Biro S, Kihara T, Yoshifuku S, Takasaki K, Otsuji Y, Minagoe S, Toyama Y, Tei C. October, 2001

 

• Repeated Sauna Therapy Reduces Urinary 8-Epi-Prostaglandin F(2alpha)
  Masuda A, Miyata M, Kihara T, Minagoe S, Tei C. Department of Cardiology, Respiratory and Metabolic Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan March, 2004

 

• Heat In The Treatment Of Patients With Anorexia Nervosa
  By Gutierrez E, Vazquez R. March 2001

 

• The Effects Of Repeated Thermal Therapy For Patients With Chronic Pain
  By Akinori Masuda, Yasuyuki Koga, Masato Hattanmaru, Shinichi Minagoe, Chuwa Tei 2005

 

• The Effects Of Repeated Thermal Therapy For Two Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  By Masuda A, Kihara T, Fukudome T, Shinsato T, Minagoe S, Tei C, April 2005

 

• Targeted Light Therapy Destroys Cancer Cells  By the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services / National Institutes of Health

 

• Ten Reasons Why I Am Addicted To My Sauna
  By Ben Greenfield, NY Times bestselling author of Beyond Training. Nutritionist, health coach, podcaster and high-performance athlete.    

Association Between Sauna Bathing and Fatal Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality Events by Jari A. Laukkanen, MD, PhD  JAMA Intern Med. 2015

 

Frequent Sauna Use May Reduce Risk of Dementia, Study Finds, Regular sauna use is linked with lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Christiopher Bergland, Psychology Today, Dec. 20, 2016.

 

Sauna Bathing is Inversely Associated With Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease in Middle-Aged Finnish Men, T Laukkanen et al. US National Library of Medicine, PubMed Journal, Mar 1, 2017.

 

Clinical Implications Of Thermal Therapy In Lifestyle-Related Diseases
By Sadatoshi Biro, Akinori Masuda, Takashi Kihara and Chuwa Tei 2003. Obesity And Diabetes: Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches

 

• Repeated Thermal Therapy Diminishes Appetite Loss And Subjective Complaints In Mildly Depressed Patients
  By Akinori Masuda, MD, PhD, Masamitsu Nakazato, MD, PhD, Takashi Kihara, MD, PhD, Shinichi Minagoe, MD, PhD and Chuwa Tei, MD, PhD 2005. From the Psychosomatic Medicine, Respiratory and Stress Care Center, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan,The Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan (M.N.); and Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Metabolic Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan 

 

• Components Of Practical Clinical Detox Programs–Sauna As A Therapeutic Tool By Crinnion W. Environmental Medicine Center of Excellence, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona, USA

 

• Benefits And Risks Of Sauna Bathing 
  By Hannuksela ML, Ellahham S. Source Department of Internal Medicine and Biocenter Oulu (MLH), University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.

 

• Effects of far-infrared sauna bathing on recovery from strength and endurance training sessions in men By Antti Mero,  Jaakko Tornberg, Mari Mäntykoski and Risto Puurtinen

 

• Far-infrared saunas for treatment of cardiovascular risk factors By Shanshan Shui, Xia Wang, John Y Chiang and Lei Zheng, Summary of Published Evidence, Richard Beever, MD, July 2009.

 

• Boosting Temperature, Heat Shock Proteins and Nitric Oxide as Potential Strategies Against RNA Viruses By Dr. James J. DiNicolantonio, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute