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Blue light can help heal mild traumatic brain injury
University of Arizona/MedicalXPress ^ | January 16, 2020 | William D. "Scott" Killgore

Posted on 01/16/2020 9:32:40 PM PST by ConservativeMind

Early morning blue light exposure therapy can aid the healing process of people impact by mild traumatic brain injury, according to new research from the University of Arizona.

"Daily exposure to blue wavelength light each morning helps to re-entrain the circadian rhythm so that people get better, more regular sleep. This is likely true for everybody, but we recently demonstrated it in people recovering from mild traumatic brain injury, or mTBI. That improvement in sleep was translated into improvements in cognitive function, reduced daytime sleepiness and actual brain repair," said William D. "Scott" Killgore, psychiatry professor in the College of Medicine—Tucson and lead author on a new study published in the journal Neurobiology of Disease.

"Your brain is about the consistency of thick Jell-O," he said. "Imagine a bowl of Jell-O getting hit from a punch or slamming against the steering wheel in a car accident. What's it doing? It's absorbing that shock and bouncing around. During that impact, microscopic brain cells thinner than a strand of hair can easily stretch and tear and rip from the force."

Few, if any, effective treatments for mTBI exist. The U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command funded the research to find alternatives to medicinal methods of mTBI recovery.

"About 50% of people with mTBI also complain that they have sleep problems after an injury," Killgore said.

Recent research has shown that the brain repairs itself during sleep...

(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...


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For those who are suffering from traumatic brain injury.
1 posted on 01/16/2020 9:32:40 PM PST by ConservativeMind
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To: dp0622

Ping, my FRiend.


2 posted on 01/16/2020 9:35:14 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: nnn0jeh

Ping


3 posted on 01/16/2020 9:47:24 PM PST by kalee
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To: ConservativeMind
What about those afflicted with Trump Derangement Symdrone?
Is there anything that can done for them?
Four more years of Pres. Trump might send all
of these TDS sufferers to insane asylums.
At least that would be good for the USA.
4 posted on 01/16/2020 9:59:36 PM PST by StormEye
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To: ConservativeMind
"Blue light can help heal mild traumatic brain injury

"Attention Kmart shoppers..."
5 posted on 01/16/2020 10:04:00 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: ConservativeMind

Early to bed, early to rise......

Ben Franklin was on to something there.


6 posted on 01/16/2020 10:32:07 PM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: ConservativeMind

And in other news, “red light, green light”, is still a really fun game no matter how old you are.

Seriously light therapies are awesome, for all different kinds of issues.


7 posted on 01/16/2020 11:57:19 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ConservativeMind

That’s why Hillary wears blue lens glasses.Her brain is damaged.


8 posted on 01/17/2020 4:14:06 AM PST by spincaster (ust)
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To: ConservativeMind

See Miss Molly rockin...


9 posted on 01/17/2020 5:56:27 AM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: ConservativeMind
Blue Lamp - Stevie Nicks
10 posted on 01/17/2020 6:12:23 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (The GOP never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.)
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To: clearcarbon
clearcarbon :" "Blue light can help heal mild traumatic brain injury.."

Personally, I prefer Harp !
My daughter prefers Blue light

11 posted on 01/17/2020 11:33:58 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: ConservativeMind

Blue light: You’re soaking in it joe “birdbrain” biden.


12 posted on 01/17/2020 11:35:37 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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