Scientists want hard proof that sauna sweating is good for you

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorScientists want to study the sauna. International researchers say sweating in a hot room needs real proof behind it, and NPR has the story.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorReal proof. After centuries of people sitting in wooden rooms telling each other it works.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThey want rigorous trials of sauna and other heat therapies. Legitimacy for a very old habit!

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLegitimacy. For a closet with rocks in it.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHot rocks, Hank. And now there's a clipboard in there too.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA clipboard. In the steam.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPicture the grad student. Ninety minutes, hot as a car in July, writing down how everybody feels.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd everybody feels hot. That's the whole finding. Send it to the journal.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPeer reviewed and slightly damp!

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIf the results come back mixed, somebody has to tell a lot of men in towels.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWould you sign up for the trial?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFree sitting in a hot room? I've basically been in the study for years.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWeather's next, and Brock has some steam of his own to blow off.