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light therapy

American

noun

Medicine/Medical.

therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.

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I’ll also do 10 minutes of red light therapy and I’ll maybe meditate for a few minutes to calm myself down, then go to bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Four sleeping pods are due to be installed, while there will also be an area for red light therapy and also dry flotation tanks.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

Other wellness businesses include acupuncture, yoga, red light therapy to reduce pain and inflammation, and IV drips for hydration that include vitamins and minerals also known to ease hangovers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

Patients who received low-level light therapy showed a greater change in resting-state connectivity in seven brain region pairs during the acute-to-subacute recovery phase compared to the control participants.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

We had a wave of "blue light therapy" that wandered over this country and sold tons of blue glass.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

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