Phototherapy, also called light therapy, is a treatment that uses ultraviolet light from a medical device to relieve certain skin conditions. It can ease itching, redness, and swelling in some adults ...

A surprising therapy is showing promise for chronic pain, vision loss, and muscle recovery, among other conditions. It's not a pill, an injection, or surgery. It's light. Yes, light. The thing that ...

Phototherapy is a safe, effective, noninvasive, and inexpensive way of boosting cognition for patients with dementia, new research suggests. It may be "one of the most promising interventions for ...

What Is Therapeutic Light Therapy? Therapeutic light therapy, also called phototherapy, is a form of treatment for certain types of depression, sleep disorders, and other conditions. It involves ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with psoriasis or eczema used narrowband-UVB, broadband-UVB or combined UVAB phototherapy. Skin cancer ...

Phototherapy is the oldest form of psoriasis therapy and is still likely the most commonly used. From prescribing exposure to various wavelengths of ultraviolet light, to applying salts and tars at ...

SAN DIEGO -- Home-based phototherapy for psoriasis achieved outcomes similar to office-based therapy, suggesting a potential for more convenient, less expensive treatment for some patients, according ...

For decades, people with psoriasis have been treated in clinics with narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy, or light therapy, to reduce sores, scales, and inflammation. Now, new research from the ...