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Heat therapy explored as possible help for depression
Original: From floating saunas to clinical trials: how heat therapy might help mental health and what scientists do and don't yet
A new NPR report examines whether heat therapy, from floating saunas to controlled clinical trials, might ease depression symptoms. Researchers are testing heat-based treatments for mental health, but scientists caution that evidence is still limited and the mechanisms are not yet fully understood, leaving many questions about effectiveness unanswered.
Why now: Growing interest in alternative, low-risk treatments for depression has put emerging heat therapy research in the spotlight.
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- From floating saunas to clinical trials: how heat therapy might help mental health and what scientists do and don't yet know about its effects on depression https://www. npr.org/2026/10/05/nx-s1-59790 44/sauna-heat-therapy-mental-health-depression # wellness # mentalhealth #… · fedifind@flipboard.social · 1
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