Bright lights emitting from many sources — from the oven, an automatic fan, the fire alarm, an air purifier and a wireless phone charger — made it difficult for Moschen to sleep at night.

More information: Danielle A. Wallace et al, Environmental Bright Light Exposure, Depression Symptoms, and Sleep Regularity, JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.22810 ...

Bright lights emitting from many sources — from the oven, an automatic fan, the fire alarm, an air purifier and a wireless phone charger — made it difficult for Moschen to sleep at night.

Ten kids, ages 3 to 5, were exposed to bright light (about 1,000 lux from a light box) for one hour before their habitual bedtime. Melatonin suppression (where the body stops producing this ...

DARIEN, IL - January 16, 2018 - Results of a randomized controlled trial suggest that systematic bright light exposure can improve sleep for fatigued people who have been treated for cancer.

Sleep quality will be further disrupted if there is exposure to brighter lights from outside, such as street lights or vehicles. When exposed to light, the body's condition is not synchronized with ...

Bright light therapy is also helpful for patients with sleep disorders associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), results of a 2010 study from researchers at the department of exercise ...

Sleep disorders affect a substantial number of people and may be increasing in prevalence. Unfortunately, many of these disorders can go unrecognised and untreated in clinical practice.

"Improving sleep following mild traumatic brain injury could prove critical to maximizing recovery from the injury," said Weber. "Furthermore, bright light therapy is easy and minimally invasive ...

The Effect of Systematic Light Exposure on Sleep in a Mixed Group of Fatigued Cancer Survivors. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2018; 14 (01): 31 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.6874 ...

More information: Lisa M. Wu et al, The Effect of Systematic Light Exposure on Sleep in a Mixed Group of Fatigued Cancer Survivors, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (2018). DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.6874 ...