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August 1, 2016 12:00 pm

Can Blocking Blue Light Help Bipolar Disorder As Well as Sleep Issues?

A new experiment suggests sleeping with amber-tinted glasses can reduce the manic symptoms of bipolar disorder within three days. Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes a report from Science Alert:The benefits of amber-tinted glasses are that they block blue light -- a major component of sunlight and the light beamed at us from our computer and phone screens. In the mornings, it's this blue light that helps reset our body clock each day. But a growing body of evidence is linking too much blue-light exposure in the evenings to problems including insomnia, obesity, depression, and other mental illnesses. I wonder how many Slashdot readers are already trying to improve their sleep patterns by avoiding exposure to blue light?

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