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Like a lot of Americans, Amalie Drury has grown very attached to her smartphone. The 33-year-old Chicago writer checks the device multiple times a day for Facebook updates and email messages. She brings it into the bathroom when she brushes her teeth. And she often totes it to bed, “just to check email one more […]

HuffPost Healthy Living June 22nd, 2012 By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 06/21/2012 06:37 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Lighting up the night is essential to a 24/7 society, but it may have intended consequences for human health, doctors say. This week, the American Medical Association adopted a policy recognizing that exposure to excessive light […]

CBS Miami video    June 8th, 2012 Researchers, including Harvard University’s Dr. Steven Lockley, have long known that light suppresses melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate sleep.  But nowadays, we’re flooding with light, long after the sun sets, whether we’re texting, emailing or catching up on TV. Dr. Steven Lockley is the author of “Sleep: A […]

Avoid the Risks of Light-induced Suppression of Nocturnal Melatonin. Recent Pat Endocr Metab Immune Drug Discov. 2012 May 1;6(2):108-16. Breast cancer therapy based on melatonin. Sanchez-Barcelo EJ, Mediavilla MD, Alonso-Gonzalez C, Rueda N. Source Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain. [email protected]. Abstract The usefulness of melatonin and […]

Harvard Health Publications: Blue Light Has A Dark Side Light at night is bad for your health, and exposure to blue light emitted by electronics and energy-efficient lightbulbs may be especially so. http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/blue-light-has-a-dark-side

From Washington University in Saint Louis: More than half of all cancer is preventable Public health researchers outline obstacles standing in the way of prevention March 28, 2012 By Julia Evangelou Strait

Recent studies show a large increase in risk of death for users of sleeping pills. Using LowBlueLights that don’t make blue light or blue-blocking eyeglasses for a few hours before bedtime advances the circadian rhythm so natural melatonin, the sleep hormone, is available at bedtime. Sleep comes quickly and deeply and continues through the night. […]

Melatonin and Diabetes The significant role sleep has in determining risk of diabetes Published on February 27, 2012 by Michael J. Breus, Ph.D. inc Sleep Newzzz http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sleep-newzzz/201202/melatonin-and-diabetes

From NaturalNews.com: Melatonin may prevent Alzheimer’s disease – sleep your way to brain healthLearn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034742_melatonin_A… Read More

MSN Lifestyle Secrets to Better Sleep cites LowBlueLights.com Reprinted from Bazaar Magazine: https://www.msn.com/your-life/make-every-day-great/article.aspx?cp-documentid=31835934&OCID=LIKE