North American Association for Photobiomodulation Source: NAALT – Home The leaders in light therapy research have finally agreed to call the healing and therapeutic use of light, “PHOTOBIOMODULATION.” Their home page also acknowledges that this form of therapy includes the use of, “LASERS, LEDs, and broad-band light, in the visible and infrared spectrum.” These two […]
Red Light Therapy: Is LED or Laser More Effective?
Depending on whose website you’re reading, you may hear that for red light therapy, laser light is more effective than LED. You may also hear that only laser light is effective. There was a time when that was believed to be true. However, in 1989, an important study was published which discounted this belief. […]
New Light Therapy For Psoriasis
Using light therapy to treat psoriasis is one of the oldest known ways that this skin disease was treated. In fact, sunlight was one of the first treatments that was used to help to ease the symptoms of the condition. Now, there is a new type of light therapy that is proving beneficial for psoriasis […]
Red and Near Infrared Light Can Minimize Brain Damage After Stroke
http://spie.org/x86284.xml?highlight=x2416&ArticleID=x86284 In this article they are talking about using red 630nm and near infrared 805nm light to stop short and long term brain damage in stroke patients. The light is capable of penetrating the skull into the brain. They are experimenting with pulsed light hoping for deeper penetration. I wonder why they aren’t just using […]
Self Administered Red & Infrared LED Light for TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-03/mali-slt031711.php
