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Re:Association Between Sauna Bathing and All-Cause Mortality... by stretchwithme on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @01:53PM (#9108693)
Not sure this proves anything.

People in pain are more likely to seek such relief. People in pain tend to be less healthy and more likely to die soon.

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Re:Association Between Sauna Bathing and All-Cause Mortality... by xaa on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @01:54PM (#9108709)
Sauna bathing is associated with reduced risk ;)
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Re:Association Between Sauna Bathing and All-Cause Mortality... by stretchwithme on Thursday February 26, 2015 @03:06AM (#9111547)
yeah, I misread that completely.
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Re:Association Between Sauna Bathing and All-Cause Mortality... by rlpb on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @01:55PM (#9108712)
Right - that's why the abstract talks of of an "association". Correlation, not causation.
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