EPISODE · Aug 7, 2020 · 4 MIN
The Relationship Between Light Exposure and Human Health | Michigan Medicine
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Increased light exposure can have positive and negative effects on your health — depending on the time of day. In the age of working from home due to COVID-19, many of us may be spending significantly more time inside looking at bright screens. As we attend online meetings and scroll through social media, we are exposed to more artificial light than our bodies are accustomed to. Doctors have been investigating the relationship between light and human health, and our growing artificial light exposure may only be making the impact stronger.For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/lifestyle/how-timing-of-light-exposure-could-be-affecting-your-health Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Increased light exposure can have positive and negative effects on your health — depending on the time of day. In the age of working from home due to COVID-19, many of us may be spending significantly more time inside looking at bright screens. As we attend online meetings and scroll through social media, we are exposed to more artificial light than our bodies are accustomed to. Doctors have been investigating the relationship between light and human health, and our growing artificial light exposure may only be making the impact stronger.For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/lifestyle/how-timing-of-light-exposure-could-be-affecting-your-health Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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