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 […]
