PAT HAGAN rates the best at-home light therapy kits
Phototherapy, also known as light therapy, is used to help with everything from skin conditions to painful joints. PAT HAGAN asked experts to assess some of the devices. We then rated them. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Week That Wasn't: Kimchi, Light Therapy, FDA Bleach Warning The Week That Wasn't: Kimchi, Light Therapy, FDA Bleach Warning
Three medical stories that we didn ' t cover, explained.Medscape (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - August 23, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Intense light may boost heart health
New research in mice and humans finds that exposure to intense light therapy can boost the heart's protection against a heart attack. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Medical News Today: What to know about red light therapy
Among other things, red light therapy can improve acne, speed up wound healing, and reduce inflammation. There is a very low risk of side effects. Learn more here. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
Novel: Light Therapy for Oral Mucositis in Cancer Patients Novel: Light Therapy for Oral Mucositis in Cancer Patients
Light therapy is now included in guidelines for oral mucositis that develops during cancer treatment. It offers an alternative to mouthwashes and is associated with healing.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Light Therapy May Prevent Oral Mucositis for Some in Cancer Tx
Laser, other light tx recommended for patients treated with HSCT; head and neck RT with, without chemo (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - July 22, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, ENT, Pharmacy, Radiology, Anesthesiology & amp; Pain, Journal, Source Type: news
Light Therapy May Prevent Oral Mucositis for Some in Cancer Tx
MONDAY, July 22, 2019 -- Photobiomodulation (PBM), such as laser and other light therapies, is recommended for prevention of oral mucositis (OM) in specific populations of cancer patients, according to a review published online July 8 in Supportive... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 22, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Light therapy may stop cancer treatment side effect
Researchers say that light therapy is an effective treatment for oral ulcers resulting from radiation therapy for head and neck cancer or stem cell transplants. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - July 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Light therapy could replace opioids as main treatment for cancer treatment side effect
(University at Buffalo) 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. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 9, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
The effectiveness of light therapy for college student depression - House LA, Walton B.
There is a growing number of students on college campuses with mental health problems and college counseling services are reporting significant increases in student demand for counseling. Depression, a mental illness consisting of profound sadness, fatigue... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Daytime light exposure in daily life and depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder: a cross-sectional analysis in the APPLE cohort - Esaki Y, Kitajima T, Obayashi K, Saeki K, Fujita K, Iwata N.
This study investigated the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Why scientists are betting on light therapy to cure Alzheimer's
The therapy by MIT scientists improved cognitive skills such as spatial memory in both mice with dementia and in older, healthy peers. The team says it should work for humans, too. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Alzheimer's: How light therapy could protect the brain
A study uncovers the neuron and immune cell changes that explain why light therapy can reduce toxic brain proteins in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news
Podcast: Light therapy for prevention of winter depression
Many people experience the " winter blues " , but some suffer from something more serious, seasonal affective disorder, which has a major impact on their quality of life. Light therapy is one of the interventions that is used to try to prevent it and a team of researchers from Austria and the USA published the update of their Cochrane Review in March 2019. Lead author, Barbara Nussbaumer, from the Danube University Krems in Austria, summarises the findings in this podcast." Seasonal affective disorder, which is also known as winter depression, is a seasonal pattern of recurrent major depressive episodes. These usually occu...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - April 29, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
Blue light could treat superbug infections
(Purdue University) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a bacterium that causes infection in various parts of the body, is often called a 'superbug' thanks to its ability to dodge many common antibiotics. Rather than rolling the dice with a multi-drug combination or wasting precious time trying to determine which medicine to prescribe, doctors could soon use a new method for disarming the superbugs: light therapy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 2, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
