The iris constricts when it’s bright out and opens up in lower light conditions. This is called the “pupillary light reflex.” Disorders that affect the iris can occur due to genetic abnormalities or ...

Bright light therapy, a standard treatment for seasonal depression, may also help people who experience depression year-round, a study shows. Researchers found that patients with non-seasonal ...

Adjunctive bright light therapy was associated with improved treatment response and remission rates among individuals with nonseasonal depression. Bright light therapy is an effective adjunctive ...

Children are typically screened for vision problems regularly as well. The pupil is kind of like a camera aperture—it gets bigger or smaller depending on how much light is needed. To do this, the ...

Bright light therapy (BLT) is associated with a 41% remission rate in patients with nonseasonal depressive disorders, significantly higher than the remission rates reported with other treatments ...

eNCA's Moloko Moloto is following developments.

Bright light therapy can improve sleep, boost mood and increase energy. The three brightness settings, each delivering slightly different amounts of lux -- 5,000, 7,000 and 10,000.

Tamrat Onaolapo, was promptly queried for allowing corporal punishment to be used on the pupil against the established rules and regulations in the state. “The principal was given 24 hours to ...

Twenty-five pupils from Mshuluzane Mayisela Primary School in Bronkhorstspruit have been taken to hospital, allegedly for food poisoning. Colin Errakiah from Gauteng emergency services said they had ...