What Is Therapeutic Light Therapy? Therapeutic light therapy, also called phototherapy, is a form of treatment for certain types of depression, sleep disorders, and other conditions. It involves ...

Sleep deprivation, in the context of shift work, is an increasing major public health issue. We aimed to determine whether early light administration can counteract sleep deprivation effects, and to ...

During light therapy, you’ll sit 1-2 feet away from something called a light therapy box, which gives off bright light. The light is artificial, but your body will think it’s natural light from the ...

This article contains affiliate links to products selected by our editors. Mental Floss may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. A light box is made to give a dose of bright ...

February has lasted hundreds of days. The people of a small town live in unending winter, where all flight has been banned. Then children begin to disappear, abducted by February himself. The ...

Jan Brehm lives in rainy Portland, Ore., and she has always dreaded this time of year, when the days get shorter, her mood plummets and all she wants to do is crawl into bed and eat cookie dough. She ...

It may not just be the cold weather that is making you sluggish and want to hunker down on the couch with your best friend Netflix. Shorter days from early fall through winter can cause even your ...

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD): is depression, often accompanied by sleep disturbance, that begins or is exacerbated during the parts of the year with little sunlight.. A light box (sometimes ...

Let there be light – it's plea many of us make at this darkest time of year, when the sun shines so briefly each day. Humans have yet to find a way to make more sunshine. But for some people, the next ...

Which light therapy boxes for seasonal affective disorder are best? Many people feel a little down in the fall and winter when the days get shorter and sunlight is harder to come by. But for some, the ...

October’s here, and although warm temperatures are making it still feel like summer around much of the country, I’m going to give those of you who suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which ...