Vitamin D and Sunlight: A match made in heaven! Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin produced by the human skin in response to exposure to ultraviolet radiation from natural sunlight and can be found in food. It exists in several forms and each form has a different level of activity. The most active form......
Light Therapy: A ray of hope for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) sufferers? Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a combination of physical discomforts and emotional symptoms, which occur in the latter half of the menstrual cycle (late luteal phase), and reduce or diminish during the first few days of menstruation. Symptoms of PMS are s......
Light Therapy-The “Helios” of disease treatment The use of light as a therapeutic agent can be traced back over thousands of years. Indeed, the sun has been an omnipotent, almighty deity throughout the world since the start of human history. From the time of the Pharaohs, most ancient civilisation and ......
The usefulness of Light Therapy in the treatment of Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic illness, which causes immense physical pain and unbearable fatigue. The word ‘fibromyalgia' actually means "pain in the fibrous tissues in the body" and as such does not involve the joints, as rheumatoid arthritis and oste......
Bright Light Therapy aids sleeping disorders in Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disease of the brain that causes dementia, gradually destroying a person's memory and ability to learn, reason, make judgements, communicate and carry out normal daily activities. Alzheimer's disease is the most common......
