Bone density and the health of bone tissue has wide reaching effects on overall well being as well as on longevity. It is easy to forget that bone is an ever changing, evolving, living tissue that is directly impacted by its environment. Furthermore, bone tissue is in constant relationship with other systems within the body:… Read more
Elderly Articles
A New Year – A New Life: Reduce All Cause Mortality With Regular Sauna Use
There is a palpable freshness to the calendar new year, almost as if there is a second chance at life. In some ways, when engaging in regular sauna bathing as a lifestyle choice, you create an opportunity to create a ‘second’ chance at life – or at least dramatically improve the overall quality of health,… Read more
Can You Use a Sauna With Titanium Implants?
An increasing number of individuals are having their joints replaced with a variety of metals, alloys, and plastics. The number of hip and knee replacements seems to be increasing parallel to the number of individuals using sauna therapy regularly. Naturally, this confluence of factors begs the question: Is it safe to sauna with joint replacements?… Read more
How Regular Sauna Use May Positively Impact The Aging Brain: Nrf2 Activation
Cognitive decline seems to be an inevitable part of the aging process. Even if an individual is not struggling with a specific mind-related illness such as Alzheimer’s Disease, the brain will typically begin to decline in function. Any investigation into the potential to age gracefully, or to reverse some of the biological effects of aging,… Read more
The Elderly and Infrared Sauna Use
Regular Low Temperature Infrared Sauna Use May Aid in the Prevention and Treatment of Geriatric Frailty Increasing an individual’s healthspan or overall quality of life into the later years is a topic studied broadly. Typically, individuals are not looking to simply increase life expectancy, but rather to do so in a healthy body. As people… Read more
