Archive for April, 2006

Reasons to buy larger infrared sauna

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

While small-dimension 2-person infrared sauna has a lot of advantages before larger models, such as lower electricity consumption, smaller dimensions, usually faster warm-up time and lower price, there are certainly some situations where you might consider buying a larger 4-6 person sauna: 1. If you plan to get a sauna together, in a company of [...]

Infrared sauna review: SaunaGen Pro-Health III

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Today in review is a 3-person infrared sauna model by SaunaGen, Pro-Health III. Wood: Hemlock Fir External dimensions: Width: 61 in, Depth: 43 in, Height: 75 in. Internal dimensions: Width: 57 in, Depth: 38 in, Height: 67 in. Heaters: 6 ceramic heaters, two on front, three on back, and one under the bench. Outlets: 110 [...]

Story of autistic twins

Monday, April 17th, 2006

The article at The Philadelphia Inquirer tells the story of autistics twins whose parents created a home treatment program for them, combining traditional and alternative methods for treatment of autism. Here are some quotes: The twins spend dozens of hours each week with traditional therapists to develop attention and language skills. And twice a week [...]

Study: Improvement of blood flow in patients with congestive heart failure

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

This study, conducted in Faculty of Medicine of Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City, Japan, studies effects of warm-water bath and sauna bath on a patients with chronic congestive heart failure (CHF). The study has direct connection to far infrared sauna, because, as stated in a paper: Hemodynamic changes during a sauna bath were monitored using an [...]

Infared sauna model: Heavently Heat FIR2

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

FIR2 is a 2-person infrared sauna cabin from Heavenly Heat Saunas: Wood: Poplar. External dimensions: Width: 54 in, Depth: 48 in, Height: 73 in. Heaters: 6 ceramic heaters, 2 on the back, 2 on the front, 1 under the bench, and 1 on the side wall. Outlets: 120 V, 15 Amps, 1650 Watts (if additional [...]

Infrared laser burns fat

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

Medgadget writes about new fat-melting free electron laser. However, article to which they refer was too short, and since I’ve suspected that laser wavelength is probably lies in an infrared range, I researched this topic a bit and found a more detailed article – Free-electron laser targets fat. It writes: Based on a fat absorption [...]