FARGO - It used to be an insult to tell someone to go jump in a lake. Now, it's apparently a challenge to have fun, often with a hook requiring a donation to charity. What has been dubbed the "cold ...

Hop on social media these days, and it’s not uncommon for a video to pop up of someone looking meditative in a cold plunge pool. In the caption, they wax poetic about the innumerable benefits, both ...

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a ...

People around the world regularly swim in frigid water, plunge into ice baths, or hop into cold showers. Those who practice cold plunges or other cold therapy say it makes them feel enlivened, ...