The article has been edited to correct a misattribution of a quote and an inaccurate in-quote edit. On Saturday, Nov. 15, over 100 students from the local five colleges, faculty and community members ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year hundreds of Grand Stranders dive into freezing Atlantic waves in a polar plunge benefiting the Special Olympics. This ...

One of our NPR College Podcast Challenge finalists brings the story of a group of women who, every week, take an icy plunge into the Connecticut River. This is an excerpt from "Brave Souls" by Eliza ...

Eighteenth-­century mental institutions employed a tactic called the bain de surprise, suddenly dunking their patients in ...

For the better part of a year, my social media feed has been inundated with cold plunges, ice baths and cold exposure therapy. Ever since learning about Wim Hof, a Dutch extreme athlete known for ...

Nordic countries have been doing contrast therapy, and doing it well, for ages, but, unfortunately, not everyone has a fjord or ice-cold river right out of their back door. The only option for those ...

Cold plunges have gone from fringe curiosity to full-blown cultural phenomenon, the wellness world’s equivalent of a headline-grabbing breakout star. Adherents slip into icy water on a daily basis, ...