Want a longer life? Go to a sauna

Men who regularly visited a sauna lived longer and were less likely to die of sudden heart attacks than men who did not go as often, says a study.

Going to the sauna is believed to confer good health and relaxation. While other studies have examined the link between better circulation and sauna use, the latest study in the Journal Of The American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine looked at the link between sauna bathing and the risk of sudden cardiac death, fatal coronary heart disease, fatal cardiovascular disease and dying from any cause among a group of middle-aged men (42 to 60 years old) from eastern Finland.