Newest article Research Mar 8, 2019 Women's Health: Bright Light Therapy for Perinatal Depression A recent King’s College London (2018) found that 1 in 4 pregnant women have mental health problems. Around 11% of the subjects were found to suffer from depression. According to an earlier study (1996), at least 13% of women face the debilitating effects of major depressive disorder while pregnant; one other paper (2005) suggests that 11–20% suffer from post‐partum depressive symptoms. Furthermore, rates of perinatal depression seem to be particularly high in women with a prior history of depression, with estimates ranging from 25% to 50%. Read more Research Apr 17, 2018 New Research Findings Support the Need for a Non-Alerting Light like Lumie Bedbug for Children at Bedtime New research published in the academic journal Physiological Reports* shows that pre-school children are particularly sensitive to the stimulating effect of evening bright light. The findings support the need to use non-alerting lights like Lumie Bedbug at children’s bedtime. News Mar 26, 2018 No Light Blues for Cambridge as They Win Boat Race 2018 Cambridge's position as favourites in this year's Boat Race proved to be well-deserved when both the women's and men's teams rowed to victory over Oxford on Saturday. The women added to last year's win in style, cruising through the calm Thames water around 20 seconds ahead of their rivals. Later in the afternoon, the men made it a double having dominated Oxford from the start. News Mar 15, 2018 Lumie Lights Powering the Cambridge Men’s Crew in this Year’s Cancer Research UK Boat Race The Cambridge University Men’s Crew has been incorporating Lumie light therapy into its training regime ahead of this year’s Cancer Research UK Boat Race which will take place on Saturday 24th March. News Mar 9, 2018 Working Around The Body Clock Shift work is known to affect sleep patterns and disrupt circadian rhythms though how well people cope with it can varies a lot. Trying out a more personalised solution to the problems of shiftwork, researchers matched workers to the shift schedules that best fitted their individual body clock. News Oct 2, 2017 Parenting Expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith Recommends Lumie Bedbug Most people know now that blue light is best avoided at bedtime because its alerting effect can make it difficult to fall asleep. So when we were designing Bedbug, a sleep aid for children, it made sense to keep blue light out of their bedroom.   Research May 17, 2017 Seasonal Affective Disorder Research Papers There is now a huge amount of research to support light therapy as a treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). This is just a selection and includes the benefits of light therapy as well as research into the possible mechanisms behind SAD. Research Aug 22, 2016 Dawn Simulators vs Bright Lights for SAD Dawn simulators - also called wake-up lights - have a valuable role to play in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) according to the latest research led by medical researcher Dr Konstantin Danilenko. The research is published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. News Feb 2, 2016 Elite British Swimmers Going for Gold with Lumie Light Therapy British Swimming’s elite athletes are using Lumie light therapy in their training protocol as they prepare for the Olympics in Rio August 2016. Research Jan 25, 2016 Research Finds 'No Seasonal Difference in Depressive Symptoms' You may have seen the news about research that claims there's a lack of evidence of any seasonal differences in depressive symptoms. The newspapers have been quick to pick up on this with simplistic ‘SAD doesn’t exist’ type headlines. But what's this new research really saying?