Psychology & Psychiatry
Easy treatments can help lift winter blues
For many people, the winter months bring a form of depression called seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Jan 16, 2020
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News tagged with light therapy
Radiology & Imaging
Scientists capture for first time, light flashes from human eye during radiotherapy
For decades, theories have existed to explain patient reports of seeing light flashes during radiation therapy, even with their eyes closed. However, no one has been able to secure evidence of this sensation in humans to ...
Jan 07, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Drug-light combo could offer control over CAR T-cell therapy
Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego are a step closer to making CAR T-cell therapy safer, more precise and easy to control. They developed a system that allows them to select where and when CAR T cells ...
Oct 15, 2019
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Medical research
Optoceutics: A new technique using light for regenerative medicine
Using light to facilitate the formation of new blood vessels—it is the breakthrough outcome of a research study carried out by researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Milan (Italy). The study was published ...
Sep 30, 2019
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Health
Teens sleep 43 more minutes per night after combo of two treatments, study finds
Teenagers got 43 more minutes of sleep a night after a four-week intervention that reset their body clocks and helped them go to bed earlier, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has shown.
Sep 25, 2019
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Surgery
The merits of physical therapy
(HealthDay)—You suffered an injury that has sidelined you from exercise, but you dodged a bullet—your doctor has said that you don't need surgery.
Aug 21, 2019
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Health
The new field of sonogenetics uses sound waves to control the behavior of brain cells
What if you didn't need surgery to implant a pacemaker on a faulty heart? What if you could control your blood sugar levels without an injection of insulin, or mitigate the onset of a seizure without even pushing a button?
Aug 12, 2019
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Cardiology
Researchers discover why intense light can protect cardiovascular health
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that intense light amplifies a specific gene that bolsters blood vessels and offers protection against heart attacks.
Aug 08, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Light therapy could replace opioids as main treatment for cancer treatment side effect
A worldwide coalition of researchers and clinicians has agreed that light therapy is among the most effective interventions for the prevention of oral mucositis, painful ulcers in the mouth resulting from cancer therapy.
Jul 09, 2019
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Health
How stress can affect your sleep
Stress not only harms your well-being but it also can prevent you from getting a reasonable amount of sleep. A Baylor College of Medicine sleep expert explains how stress can interfere with your nighttime schedule and ways ...
May 13, 2019
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