Infrared light therapy might aid dementia patients

Infrared light therapy might aid dementia patients
Tracy Sloan with the infrared light therapy helmet. Tracy used the helmet to try and help improve her memory. Credit: Durham University/North News & Pictures

Infrared light therapy might have the potential to help people living with dementia, according to researchers.

A pilot study, led by Dr. Paul Chazot, Durham University, UK, and Dr. Gordon Dougal, of Maculume Ltd, found improvements in the memory, and processing skills of healthy people with normal intellectual function for their age.

As a result, the researchers said transcranial photobiomodulation therapy (PBM-T) – where infrared light is self-delivered to the brain using a specially…

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