Posted by Dee on September 6, 1999, at 22:30:54
In reply to Light Therapy, posted by Noa on September 6, 1999, at 22:15:01
I'm from Finland (well I live in NYC) way up north, and there are regions in my country where it is dark for months in the winter. The focus on socialiced medicine there is quite different there, and the main emphasis is on preventive health care. Light treatment is pretty much routine there, they have a light therapy room in almost every local 'health center'.
(Health centers are small installations with small staff, in rural areas just a nurse and the doctor visiting every Wednesday). The connection between exposure and sunlight is well recognized.I did hear a radio program a few years ago in WBAI NY, about how one can help depression by exposure to full spectrun light. It mentioned that it is the amount of full spectrum light received through the eye is what matters.
I've been wondering aboutthat, by the way. I am wearing contact lenses from morning to night, and I hardly ever see daylight without wearing them. I know that window glass filters out UV radiation, I wonder if my contacts are doing the same thing. Anyone got any ideas about this?
Dee
poster:Dee
thread:11152
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/19990829/msgs/11155.html