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Tailored Lighting Improves Quality of Life
Apr 20, 2016Lighting tailored to the needs of an individual can improve sleep and reduce depression and agitation in persons with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent study led by Dr. Mariana Figueiro, Light & Health Program Director at the ...
Tags: Tailored Lighting, LRC
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Mariana Figueiro Presents At NIH Workshop On Light At Night
Mar 21, 2016Rensselaer Professor Mariana Figueiro, Light and Health Program Director at the Lighting Research Center was an invited speaker and panelist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Workshop: Shift Work at Night, Artificial Light at ...
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LRC Launches Lighting Design Website to Support Health and Wellbeing of Older Adults
Nov 12, 2015Older adults in long-term care facilities often spend their days and nights in dimly-lit rooms with minimal time spent outdoors. The constant, unvarying dim light found in many long-term care facilities means that older adults are not ...
Tags: LRC, Older adults, Lighting
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LRC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Has Launched a New Collaborative Initiative
Dec 16, 2013The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has launched a new collaborative initiative—the Light and Health Alliance—to bridge the science of light and health to practical applications, and to provide ...
Tags: Lighting Research Center, LRC, Light and Health Alliance
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Acute or Chronic Sleep Deprivation Resulting in Increased Feelings of Fatigue
Apr 27, 2013Acute or chronic sleep deprivation resulting in increased feelings of fatigue is one of the leading causes of workplace incidents and related injuries. More incidents and performance failures, such as automobile accidents, occur in the ...
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Adolescents Can Be Chronically Sleep Deprived
Nov 28, 2012Adolescents can be chronically sleep deprived because of their inability to fall asleep early in combination with fixed wakeup times on school days. According to the CDC, almost 70 percent of school children get insufficient sleep - less ...
Tags: Blue Light, research report, dim light
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Adolescents Can Be Chronically Sleep Deprived
Nov 28, 2012Blue Light Could Help Teens Combat Stress Adolescents can be chronically sleep deprived because of their inability to fall asleep early in combination with fixed wakeup times on school days.According to the Centers for Disease ...
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Adolescents Can Be Chronically Sleep Deprived
Nov 1, 2012In a new study from the Lighting Research Center, it was found that short-wavelength light can enhance the cortisol awakening response, which is important for dealing with stress throughout the day, in sleep-restricted adolescents. The ...
Tags: Blue Light
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Researchers Proposed a Metric to Help Architects Take Advantage of Benefits of Daylighting
Sep 19, 2012Researchers at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have proposed a new metric to help architects and builders more easily take advantage of the benefits of daylighting,from significant energy savings to the ...
Tags: LRC, Daylighting, Architect, Builder
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Individuals with ADRD Often Sleep During The Day and Are Awake at Night
Jul 20, 2012Individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias(ADRD)often sleep during the day and are awake at night.The situation can turn life-threatening if they leave their homes and wander around outside.This irregular sleep schedule and ...
Tags: Exposure to Light, Lighting, Alzheimer Patients, Sleep, ADRD, LRC, NIA