Light Therapy for Brain Disorders

Light Therapy for Brain Disorders Our understanding of brain health as being fundamental to our overall well-being dates to the time of the ancient Greeks. “Mens sana in corpore sano”, which translates to “a healthy mind in a healthy body”,  was a foundational part of the Hippocratic philosophy. Hippocrates introduced the first classification of mental […]

Light Therapy for Inflammation

Light Therapy for Inflammation Inflammation is one of the most popular topics in healthcare, and rightfully so. It is a hallmark of many diseases currently ravaging modern society, such as arthritis, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease, and depression. Inflammation is also associated with acute diseases involving the heart, pancreas, […]

Top 10 Evidence-Based Uses for Red Light Therapy

Top 10 Evidence-Based Uses for Red Light Therapy I, Dr. Genevieve Newton, DC, PhD, was first introduced to red light therapy (also known as photobiomodulation, or PBM) several years ago when I was looking for a natural treatment to reduce the appearance of surgical scars. At the time, I was very impressed with the research […]

Red Light Therapy for Chronic Inflammation

Red Light Therapy for Chronic Inflammation Chronic inflammation has recently been proposed as being the common underlying cause of the “four horsemen of the medical apocalypse”, which are heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Inflammation has also been suggested as a biological cause of depression. And it is a hallmark of other diseases such […]

Red Light Therapy for Fat Loss

Although often referred to as red light therapy, most red light devices emit both red and near infrared light. While early research on red light therapy primarily used lasers, recent research has found that LED’s can also be used, which have the advantage of applying light to a larger area of the body as well […]