Published March 15, 2018

Researchers found that sitting in a sauna for 30 minutes reduced participants’ systolic blood pressure from 137 mmHg to 130 mmHg. It also helped diastolic blood pressure go down from 82 mmHg to 75 mmHg. Their vascular compliance, a measure of blood vessel health, improved, with carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity going from 9.8 m/s before the sauna to 8.6 m/s after. And their heart rate went up, mimicking the experience of medium-intensity exercise.

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Published March 13, 2018

Researchers found that a single dose of 300 mg of melatonin can eliminate the damage caused by ionizing radiation from CT and PET scans.

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Published March 10, 2018

Researchers at Juntendo University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan, have been investigating the link between caffeine and Parkinson’s disease. We know that caffeine consumption is actually associated with a decreased Parkinson’s risk, but little is currently known about how people with the disease metabolize caffeine. The researchers focused on this topic and uncovered something interesting.

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