RESEARCH
“Light therapy is one of the most successful and practical results of basic research in biological rhythms.”
— Thomas Wehr, M.D. Chief of the Section on Biological Rhythms National Institute of Mental Health
CLINICAL TRIALS (PUBLISHED)
Stress and Health (2009)
Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/smi.1250
Received 10 September 2007; Accepted 27 November 2008
– Drs. C. Shapiro, R. Levitan et al
Sleep Research Unit, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Published July 2007 – Journal of Obesity Vol. 15, No. 7
– Drs. P. Desan, R. Lam, Y. Meesters, E. Horn, D. Boivin et al
Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University; Dept. of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia; University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Royal Ottawa Mental Health Center; Douglas Hospital, Montreal.
Published August 2007 - BMC Psychiatry
CLINICAL TRIALS (COMPLETED)
Effect of light therapy on sleep and ‘chemo-brain’ in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
– UC San Diego, San Diego, CA
– Dr. Shawn Youngstedt, Ph.D.
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, SC
CLINICAL TRIALS (ONGOING)
Other clinical trials with The Litebook®, for a variety of other applications, are ongoing and pending:
Area of Study & Research Institution
Litebook Bright Light Treatment in combination with Moderate Exercise in Obese and Overweight Individuals: A follow-up study with exploration of mechanisms.
Dr. Colin Shapiro PH.D., Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
'Chronobiology of Menopausal Depression'
Dr. Barbara Parry M.D., Dept. of Psychiatry, UC San Diego, San Diego CA
Results of these trials, and additional clinical trials with The Litebook®, will be announced as information becomes available.
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