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- 2015-05-07 10:28:02 The History of Light Therapy
Many ancient cultures practiced various forms of heliotherapy, including people of Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient Rome.The Inca, Assyrian and early German settlers also worshipped the sun ...
VIEW - 2015-05-07 10:24:18 Risks and complications of Photodynamic Therapy
Ultraviolet light causes progressive damage to human skin.This is mediated by genetic damage, collagen damage, as well as destruction of vitamin A and vitamin C in the skin and free radical generation...
VIEW - 2015-05-07 10:15:15 Photodynamic therapy
Photodynamic therapy is a form of phototherapy using nontoxic light-sensitive compounds that are exposed selectively to light, whereupon they become toxic to targeted malignant and other diseased cell...
VIEW - 2015-05-07 10:09:09 The Usage of Light Therapy
Seasonal affective disorder
Full sunlight or exposure to bright light from a light box is used to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Light boxes for SAD are designed to filter out mos...
VIEW - 2015-05-06 14:01:17 UV PHOTOTHERAPY SUITABLE FOR MANY KINDS OF DISEASE
Psoriasis
In psoriasis, UVB phototherapy has been shown to be effective. A feature of psoriasis is localized inflammation mediated by the immune system.Ultraviolet radiation is known to suppress ...
VIEW - 2015-05-06 11:54:33 Light therapy
Light therapy or phototherapy (classically referred to as heliotherapy) consists of exposure to daylight or to specific wavelengths of light using polychromatic polarised light, lasers, light-emitting...
VIEW - 2015-04-30 16:37:03 the home uvb phototherapy treatment was much better accepted than the treatment in the hospital.
BACKGROUND:An effective prophylactic treatment of patients with polymorphic light eruption (PLE) consists of repeated low, gradually increasing exposures to UVB radiation. This so-ca...
VIEW- 2015-04-30 16:36:58 The present study shows that a short course of NB-UVB exposure increases significantly serum 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)(2)D in dialysis patients.
BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients are especially prone to vitamin D insufficiency. Narrow-band ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) treatment increases serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25...
VIEW- 2015-04-30 16:36:50 UVB-IPL phototherapy seems to be effective and well-tolerated in non-segmental vitiligo.
BACKGROUND:Targeted UVB intense pulsed light (IPL)-phototherapy has gained interest for repigmentation of vitiligo as it allows selective treatment, sparing the surrounding skin. How...
VIEW- 2015-04-30 16:36:44 Narrow-band UVB (NB-UVB) therapy is an effective, well-tolerated treatment option in second-line therapy for COU.
BACKGROUND: - 2015-04-30 16:36:58 The present study shows that a short course of NB-UVB exposure increases significantly serum 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)(2)D in dialysis patients.