Flies Kept in the Dark Lose Long-Term Memories, But Sleep—Or Lack Thereof—Did Not Account for the Difference
Scientists have discovered that Drosophila flies lose long-term memory of a traumatic event when kept in the dark.
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Blue light may not be as disruptive to our sleep patterns as originally thought, according to University of Manchester scientists. They say using dim, cooler, lights in the evening and bright warmer lights in the day may be more...
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For Sleep-Wake Cycle Symptoms of Parkinson’s, Light Therapy Shows Promise
Participants who received 10,000 lux of bright light twice daily reported less daytime sleepiness...
Soraa HEALTHY Blue-free LED Lamp Portfolio
Soraa, which makes full-spectrum LED technology, introduces a series of lamps that are blue-free...
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IHG Pilots New Lighting Technology to Help Guests Sleep Better
Hotel company IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) has partnered with Healthe by Lighting Science...
Read MoreLight Therapy Devices Comparison Guide (March 2019)
Compare 7 light therapy devices side by side.
Read MoreRecruiting: Nighttime Participants for Paid Study Investigating Alerting Effects of Light
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) is recruiting persons over 18 years to participate in a study that will take place over the course of five weeks, one session each week. The weeks of the study are January 14, 21, 28 and...
Read MoreAdjunctive Light Therapy Shows Promise in Parkinson’s Disease Patients on Dopaminergic Therapy
PhotoPharmics released the results of its multinational, double-blind, randomized controlled trial in Parkinson’s disease at the annual International Movement Disorders Society meeting in Hong Kong. The study is entitled...
Read MoreLight Therapy May Help Sleep Problems in Perimenopausal Women
Light therapy has long been a recognized treatment option for depression. But can it help perimenopausal women struggling with depression and sleep problems as the result of hormone changes? A new study from the University of...
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Postnatal Depression Could Be Linked to Less Daylight Exposure
Women in late pregnancy during darker months of the year may have a greater risk of developing...
Read MoreIs Blue Light Really What’s Keeping You Awake?
It’s a convenient scapegoat, but there are other reasons that devices mess with your sleep, reports Medium. “Based on my research and that of others, we have consistently found that the blue-enriched light from screens tested in...
Read MoreLight Therapy Tech to Help Overcome Jet Lag and Summer Insomnia
Consider some carefully applied red or green light to help you fall asleep better and wake up refreshed, reports MedGadget. Further down the color spectrum and (hopefully) many hours into your blissful sleep, green light is said...
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Lighting May Improve Sleep, Mood, and Behavior in People with Alzheimer’s
Mariana G. Figueiro, PhD, director of the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic...
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New Technology Could Fix Melatonin-suppression Problems of Smartphones While Keeping Colors True
Visual displays that inadvertently suppress the release of melatonin, such as in smartphones,...
Read MoreNighttime Blue Light Exposure Linked to Breast and Prostate Cancers
A study performed by an international team led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation, reports a link between exposure to blue light at night and...
Read MoreAge of Enlightenment: The Promise of Circadian Lighting
The impacts of artificial lighting on human health are not fully understood, but many scientists say enough is known to warrant dramatic changes now, reports UnDark. For most of the 20th century, it was believed that rods and...
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Phase Shifts and Melatonin Suppression Are Functionally Independent, Study Suggests
Melatonin suppression and circadian phase resetting are often correlated such that high levels of...
Read MoreThese Lights Are Like a Mood Ring for Your Room
Honeybrains is an early adopter of a technology that is becoming the next frontier in LEDs: circadian lighting, reports The New York Times. Just a few years ago, manufacturers of LEDs were struggling to replicate the static warm...
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