Does a sauna or steam room do you any good?
By cecil adams I love to go to the steam room (or if there isn’t one, the sauna) after a workout. But I’ve always wondered: Do they really help? Or rather: I sweat a lot in the steam room, and it’s obviously doing something to my body, but what exactly are its benefits? Or is it actually damaging my body?— Ricardo CámaraYou know I like to be emphatic in these columns, Ricardo, so I wish I could
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Sauna does the tomato good
Spa process extends shelf life of fruits and vegetables, as well as improves their flavour, colour and quality, Nova Scotia researchers find
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Fair Report: Day 3
3:13 p.m. I’m a virgin to this whole Neshoba County Fair thing. Even though I was born and raised in Mississippi, I’ve never experienced the dust covered sauna party of the fair. When I found out Fredie was planning on going all out with coverage this year, I was both apprehensive and excited.
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Man Accused Of Molesting Teen in YMCA Sauna
Michael Patzius Faces Several Charges A St. Louis County man faces charges for allegedly molesting a 16-year-old boy in a YMCA sauna. The suspect is Michael Louis Patzius, 46 of Wildwood. He was charged Wednesday with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and one count of second-degree sexual misconduct by indecent exposure.
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