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I'd bet that frequent yachting is also healthy.

The study was done in Finland. There are estimated to be 2-3 million saunas for a population of 5.4 million. Majority of the population has access to a sauna at home. It is not a luxury.

Around how much would it cost on average in the US to install a sauna?

I would guess much less than a swimming pool.

Not that much - depends on choice of materials and how much you are willing to DIY. There are good kits available with pre-fab structures

From $1000 to $5000 depending on size, luxury, and how much you do yourself vs hire out. There are a few things you want to be knowledgeable about if you do it yourself: moisture barriers and management, what kinds of woods to choose and what not to choose both for durability and comfort, and some understanding of stoves & rocks especially if you're picking your own rocks -- some types of rocks are prone to exploding and that's unpleasant.

You can buy prefab kits (so the moisture barrier is built in and the benches are pre-assembled) from companies like Finnleo, or you can buy a stove alone from tons of places. Just make sure you're buying a stove that is truly meant for a sauna (throwing water/making steam) instead of a heater for an infrared room (different!).

Please don't post shallow dismissals here.

The title clearly implies an assumed cause and effect relation, while the article itself doesn't even propose any mechanism for causation, only that there is a correlation. I consider this a form of clickbait (and bait-and-switch), therefore my snarky reply above.

Dang didn't say you're not allowed to refute the substance of an article.

He just asked that you don't be "shallow", or in your own words, "snarky" about it, as it always makes discussions worse and degrades HN overall.

You'd be misplacing your sarcasm and showing an ignorance on the conditions where the study was conducted though.

I was trying to make a broader point about cause and effect misdirection in low-information study results such as this (Finland is unusual in its great school system... It is more usual to attend a sauna than not to.... unlike most of the rest of the world) but it came off as pretty ignorant sounding to a lot of people.

I race and you had better have a second sport to keep you in shape for sailing.

It's concentrated uncomfortable sitting around combined with the occasional panic. If you're buoy racing, it's on the rail, over the top and grind for 3-5 seconds and on the rail.

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