The light way to better brain health

• Autores: Linda Geddes
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3133, 2017, págs. 6-7
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • From green light soothing the pain of migraine, to blue light reducing organ damage during surgery, recent small studies have uncovered some intriguing effects of this therapy. Several hospitals in Europe and the US are installing dynamic "solid state" lighting, which changes like daylight over the course of a day. But it hasn't been clear if such lights make a difference to health. Now Anders West at Glostrup Hospital in Copenhagen and his team have shown it helps people recover from strokes.