See the references below from The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), and Dr. Patrick who has interviewed the original researcher.
[1] https://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/sauna-use-associated...
[2] https://www.jwatch.org/fw109897/2015/02/24/sauna-use-linked-...
[3] https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/sauna-heart-presenta...
Then they point to two studies that show that Omega 3 and Vitamin D lenghtened or maintained telomere length against control groups.
The benefits of sauna are supported in a similar fashion.
You can argue that the studies are of poor quality, but that is true for most studies regarding medicine and especially nutrition. You gotta take a chance either way.