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Take Light, Not Drugs
How light therapy can treat disorders from depression to Alzheimer’s disease.
By Katherine Hobson Illustration by Shannon Freshwater March 20, 2014
For Ryan Sherman*, a 34-year-old lawyer, something changed eight years ago when he moved from Texas to Europe and then to Boston and New York City: The shorter winter days of the more northern latitudes were like a dead weight on his emotions. “I’d get these depressions,” he says. His sleep schedule changed, too, with his bedtime slipping progressively later and early morning wakeups becoming increasingly difficult.
(nautil.us/issue/11/light/take-light-not-drugs)
How light therapy can treat disorders from depression to Alzheimer’s disease.
By Katherine Hobson Illustration by Shannon Freshwater March 20, 2014
For Ryan Sherman*, a 34-year-old lawyer, something changed eight years ago when he moved from Texas to Europe and then to Boston and New York City: The shorter winter days of the more northern latitudes were like a dead weight on his emotions. “I’d get these depressions,” he says. His sleep schedule changed, too, with his bedtime slipping progressively later and early morning wakeups becoming increasingly difficult.
(nautil.us/issue/11/light/take-light-not-drugs)
Good Day Sunshine: Could Morning Light Help Keep Us Lean?
by Allison Aubrey April 03, 201410:20 AM ET
Exposure to morning light, whether it's pure sunlight or bright indoor lighting, is associated with leaner body weights, researchers say.
The findings fit with a growing body of evidence that suggests keeping our internal body clocks synchronized with the natural light-dark cycle is beneficial to our health and our waistlines
(http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/04/03/298358419/good-day-sunshine-could-morning-light-help-keep-us-lean)
by Allison Aubrey April 03, 201410:20 AM ET
Exposure to morning light, whether it's pure sunlight or bright indoor lighting, is associated with leaner body weights, researchers say.
The findings fit with a growing body of evidence that suggests keeping our internal body clocks synchronized with the natural light-dark cycle is beneficial to our health and our waistlines
(http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/04/03/298358419/good-day-sunshine-could-morning-light-help-keep-us-lean)
Symptome eines Vitamin-D-Mangels, neun wichtige Warnzeichen
by Aurora Geib Kopp Online 15.06.2014
Schon in den 1930er Jahren erkannten Ärzte den Zusammenhang zwischen Vitamin-D-Mangel und der Knochenkrankheit Rachitis, die zur Erweichung von Knochen und Zähnen führt. Auch bei einer Ernährung mit genügend Kalzium kann es zu einer Entmineralisierung der Knochen kommen, wenn nicht genug Vitamin D vorhanden ist, um den Kalzium- und Phosphatwert im Blut stabil zu halten. Zu den Symptomen der Rachitis zählen krumme Beine, Knochenschmerzen, Zahnprobleme, geschwollene und verkrümmte Handgelenke, häufige Knochenbrüche und Abflachung des Schädels.
(http://info.kopp-verlag.de/medizin-und-gesundheit/gesundes-leben/aurora-geib/symptome-eines-vitamin-d-mangels-neun-wichtige-warnzeichen.html)
by Aurora Geib Kopp Online 15.06.2014
Schon in den 1930er Jahren erkannten Ärzte den Zusammenhang zwischen Vitamin-D-Mangel und der Knochenkrankheit Rachitis, die zur Erweichung von Knochen und Zähnen führt. Auch bei einer Ernährung mit genügend Kalzium kann es zu einer Entmineralisierung der Knochen kommen, wenn nicht genug Vitamin D vorhanden ist, um den Kalzium- und Phosphatwert im Blut stabil zu halten. Zu den Symptomen der Rachitis zählen krumme Beine, Knochenschmerzen, Zahnprobleme, geschwollene und verkrümmte Handgelenke, häufige Knochenbrüche und Abflachung des Schädels.
(http://info.kopp-verlag.de/medizin-und-gesundheit/gesundes-leben/aurora-geib/symptome-eines-vitamin-d-mangels-neun-wichtige-warnzeichen.html)
Climate Science Is Not Settled
by Steven E. Koonin Online September 19, 2014 (The Wall Street Journal)
We are very far from the knowledge needed to make good climate policy, writes leading scientist Steven E. Koonin
(http://online.wsj.com/articles/climate-science-is-not-settled-1411143565)
by Steven E. Koonin Online September 19, 2014 (The Wall Street Journal)
We are very far from the knowledge needed to make good climate policy, writes leading scientist Steven E. Koonin
(http://online.wsj.com/articles/climate-science-is-not-settled-1411143565)