Photobiomodulation for Brain Disorders
Michael Hamblin, PhD, Uni of Johannesburg @Synchrony2020
December 9, 2021
Michael Hamblin, PhD, Uni of Johannesburg @Synchrony2020
Patient Linda was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. Her doctor told her that her neuropathy would worsen and won’t be able to walk again. She met with Leigh Erin Connealy, MD and she recommended that she see Martin Bales, LAc DAOM for her neuropathy. After a couple of Firefly treatments from Dr. Bales, she can feel her feet again.
To evaluate the hypothesis that light could reduce the lethality of COVID-19.
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of laser photobiomodulation therapy (lPBMt) and ultrasound therapy (UST) in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLBP). Forty-five patients with CNLBP aged 30-40 years were divided randomly into three groups of 15 subjects each.
Next to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia is probably the most worrying health problem facing the Western world today. A large number of clinical trials have failed to show any benefit of the tested drugs in stabilizing or reversing the steady decline in cognitive function that is suffered by dementia patients.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, brain regeneration is possible. One promising therapy that promotes neurogenesis and is effective in pre-clinical studies of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s is near infrared light therapy, and it may improve other mental illnesses and neurodegenerative disorders including dementia, stroke, ALS, and traumatic brain injury as well.
There is a notable lack of therapeutic alternatives for what is fast becoming a global epidemic of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Photobiomodulation (PBM) employs red or near-infrared (NIR) light (600-1100nm) to stimulate healing, protect tissue from dying, increase mitochondrial function, improve blood flow, and tissue oxygenation.
PBMT is a safe and effective potential treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia and improves clinical status in COVID-19 pneumonia.
It is not often that the globally accepted name of a scientific field has changed between the time at which a journal commissions a special issue and the time at which the actual issue goes to press.
Chronic skin ulcers still represent a therapeutic challenge in dermatology. Among the various non-invasive treatment modalities used for the improvement of impaired wound healing, low-intensity laser irradiations are gaining an increasing body of interest. We used low-intensity laser irradiations delivered by a 30 mW helium-neon laser at an energy density of 30 J/cm2 three times weekly for the induction of wound healing in ulcers of diverse causes.