BLUEWAVE™
Light Therapy
The American Psychiatric Association and the U.K. National Institute of Mental
Health both endorse light therapy.
Light therapy is the use of natural or artificial
light to treat various ailments, but primarily depression and sleep disorders.
While exposure to the full-spectrum wavelength of natural sunlight is considered
the best form of light therapy, it is not always possible for many people to get
outdoors. Therefore, light therapists often recommend treatment with simulated
sunlight from light boxes.
The form of light therapy most commonly used
today is known as bright-light therapy. Full-spectrum, 10,000 lux light boxes can be very effective at treating seasonal affective disorder and other circadian rhythm related mood disorders.
It requires that you sit near a special light box
fitted with high-intensity light bulbs, which may provide either full-spectrum
or white light. This type of light therapy has been proven to be particularly
useful in treating seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as the "winter
blues," a form of depression that occurs as the amount of daylight wanes with
the change of seasons. It has also been shown to be effective for some sleep
disorders. Studies have also shown light therapy to effective in depression,
chronic anxiety and panic attacks, severe jet lag, and eating disorders such as
anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
Recently, researchers have discovered that a very
specific range of blue light is the most effective color (wavelength) in
treating these disorders. The result is the
Apollo GoLite P1, which provides a higher
effective response than traditional 10,000 lux systems. This patent-pending
product delivers only the most effective wavelengths, which means a more
convenient treatment, and fewer side effects than traditional 10,000 lux
full-spectrum light therapy devices.
BLUEWAVE™ Technology
Patent-pending BLUEWAVE™ is the result of ten years of research with medical
universities and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Other companies may
tout the benefits of this new research. Only Apollo has participated in this
research and we are the only company to produce lights that provide 100% of the
effective blue light.
Used by NASA &Research Experts
BLUEWAVE™ technology is so effective that it has been used at NASA as the
preferred method to regulate astronaut’s and shuttle crews’sleep/wake schedules.
BLUEWAVE was also demonstrated at the June 2004 Society for Research in
Biological Rhythms (SRBR) Medical Conference, where leading researchers
recognized Apollo's BLUEWAVE as the definitive lighting technology for
regulating circadian rhythms.
Recommended Products
Apollo GoLite P1
The world's smallest light therapy device that uses 100% blue light to effectively lift your spirits while managing to light up a small room. This new technology, called BLUEWAVE, is comprised of the most effective wavelengths and intensities found by clinical studies to produce the same amount of light as natural sunlight.
Find out more about the
Apollo GoLite P1.
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