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430. Joy Hussain MD, PhD - The magic of Sauna - think it’s for cold climate dwellers only? Think again!


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Do you use a sauna? A specific type of favourite sauna or temperature or frequency? Never tried it but sauna curious?


Dr Joy Hussain was a practising physician for many years before realising there was something very special about the sauna. She had Reynaud’s syndrome, which affects circulation, and noticed that using a sauna while living in Alaska improved her Reynaud’s. Moving to a warm climate next, she assumed that this would be the solution to Reynaud’s but a funny thing happened: It intensified. She reintroduced sauna, and just like that, it was better. This personal experience led her to doing a PhD studying them and here we are years later to discuss: 


  • Different sauna types and how the effects vary
  • What we know about resilience, immune systems and detoxification when it comes to sauna
  • The difference in women’s age stage and cycle timing
  • Temperature relevance in sauna therapy, depending on climate ‘norm’
  • Health conditions improved with sauna in the research so far
  • You can be part of sauna research: Answer this quick sauna survey to support Joy’s work

Want to learn more about Joy? 

Sauna Science - FB/Meta public group

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joy-Hussain 

https://healthwithjoy.com.au/research 


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