Lighting 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 ...
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Nighttime light pollution, or sky glow, is the combined light from streetlights, parking lots, malls, office buildings, stadiums and other structures that brightens night skies and drastically limits the visibility of stars. Sky glow ...
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Older 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 ...
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Healthy lighting … it’s not just for your home. In fact, it’s not just for the planet earth! Or humans, for that matter. Here are five innovative biological correct lighting applications currently helping humans and ...
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When you’re having trouble sleeping, light is the last thing you assume you need. But according to a pilot study attempting to solve insomnia among lung cancer patients led by University at Buffalo sleep researcher Grace Dean, light ...
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A Florida State University researcher is tackling a new and inventive way to slow down and perhaps prevent preterm labor. The solution A pair of goggles. Specifically, Associate Professor James Olcese is developing goggles - he's ...
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Accumulating research indicates that melatonin has a major role in pain transmission and has an ultra-sensitizing effect. Dr. Fang Huang and colleagues from Sun Yat-sen University in China for the first time located the distribution of ...
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An international team of scientists led by National Institutes of Health researchers has traced the likely origin of the enzyme needed to manufacture the hormone melatonin to roughly 500 million years ago. Their work indicates that this ...
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Having involved parents and feeling connected to school increase the likelihood that a teen will get sufficient sleep, a new study finds. Previous research has suggested that developmental factors, specifically lower levels of the ...
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The bedtime you select for your toddler may be out of sync with his or her internal body clock, which can contribute to difficulties for youngsters attempting to settle in for the night, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder ...
Researchers say the traditional U.S. Thanksgiving turkey contains no more sleep-inducing tryptophan than beef -- and less than pork and cod. A report in the British Medical Journal said the Thanksgiving dinner is likely to make people ...
NBTY, a US-based manufacturer and distributor of vitamins and nutritional supplements, has unveiled a new vitamin manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas. The investment is a part of the company's strategy to boost its capacity in ...
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Lighting Science launched Definity Digital™, the world’s first line of biologically-corrected lighting with products specifically designed to improve sleep, support natural melatonin production, boost alertness, accelerate plant ...
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Ah, Mondays. Wonder why your employees are all yawning and glassy-eyed today? It may be easy to blame it on the hot weather or overindulgences over the weekend, but researchers are pointing fingers at another potential culprit that is ...
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Stefano Pertegato’s Luminarium ceiling light allows its users to be able to enjoy a full day of normal sunlight, even in a room with no windows. The Luminarium is designed to mimic the patterns of the sun, where most lamps are ...