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April Fools Day – evidence for impact of light on mood – and lighting tips for crafting

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April fool’s day- time to lighten up! Laughter is seriously good for your body and brain boosting focus and creativity – Impact of Laughter on Health, Happiness and Wellbeing, How Laughter in The Workplace Can Boost Confidence And Creativity, it helps you bond with others – Laughter influences social bonding but not prosocial generosity to friends and strangers, defuse conflict […]

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Implications of medication for light and sight – and the power of 88… (piano keys)

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Eyes on drugs If you’ve ever had eye drops before a visual function test, you’ll know how disorienting that can be. That’s just a glimpse of the side-effects caused by many of the drugs that older adults in residential healthcare take every day. That’s on top of the natural decline in visual function and fatigue

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Lights on prescription – and is your office designed like a Formula 1 car?

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Lights on prescription? According to a recent report by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the average residential care home resident is prescribed 7.2 medicines per day, with an increased risk of falls just one potential side-effect of this potent cocktail that often includes psychotropic and antipsychotic drugs – The Right Medicine: Improving Care in Care Homes. You

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PhD findings from Warwickshire – and a glass of Pi

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Continuing our series to spotlight speakers at the event in April (register here if you haven’t already 😉 Speaker spotlights – Lucy Jobbins is a PhD student at the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute in Oxford – Experimental and Clinical Sleep Medicine, led by Professor Russell Foster MBE and supported by prestigious organizations such as the National Institute of Health

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Scientists stopping falls, Smart Tech – and tricking your slow brain

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Speaker spotlight – Professor Shadab Rahman Up to 30% of shift workers meet the criteria for sleep disorder, linked to chronic physical and mental health conditions from depression to cancer and diabetes, along with an increased risk of errors and accidents – Lighting the path forward: the value of sleep- and circadian-informed lighting interventions in shift

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Innovators in healthcare – and women making history (instead of making beds)

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Innovators in Healthcare Speaker Spotlight – neurologist Dr Anders West. Despite innovations in technology and pharmacology, stroke is among the leading causes of mortality and disability worldwide, and the number one cause of death in the USA. Stroke-related costs in the United States alone added up to $56.2 billion between 2019 and 2020 – Stroke Facts. Suffering a

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A smile in the mind, a date for your diary – and national dogwalking day…

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It’s dark and gloomy out there here in the UK and with so much bad news out there, many will be struggling to keep smiling. Turning that frown upside down You, like me, will almost certainly know someone who suffers from a mental health issue and perhaps even spent time in a specialist unit. That’s

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Breaking bad news, funding culture not tech – and size isn’t everything when it comes to tokens of affection…

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Breaking bad news – could lighting help? The most harrowing news most of us will ever hear will be delivered in a consulting room or a hospital ward – Experiences and views of receiving and delivering information about recovery in acquired neurological conditions: a systematic review of qualitative literature. Breaking bad news is tough on the

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HealthTech Annual Conference, AI for dementia care – and which of the 1172 colours are your teeth?!

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Can’t believe we’re into February already and pushing the sea swim start time back to 7am. Some gorgeous sunrises but it’s not getting any warmer in there yet… On Tuesday this week, I headed to the Houses of Parliament for the Annual HealthTech Conference to hear policy makers talking about pathways and barriers for innovations

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Sleep smart, facial recognition algorithms and autism – and doing well by doing good

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Circadian Sleep Sufficiency – a lifeline for night shift workers? You may be waking up to your usual morning routine, but for millions of night shift workers (around 17% of adults worldwide – 2024 Statistics on America’s Off-Hour Workforce) – their body clocks may have no idea what time it is. Night-shift workers are up to

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