I can understand the skepticism about the biological effect of red lights, because that’s where I started from. It seemed too good to be true. However, there is a wealth of excellent quality research out there, and the evidence is compelling that red and near infrared lights protect existing neurones, and can stimulate new neurones to be created, stimulate blood vessels to increase connections- neuroprotection, neurogenesis and angiogenesis.

Thanks to Jane from South Australia for alerting me to this research article.*

This post comes courtesy of Michael, designer of the Cossack light hat and star of the DIY Cossack movie.

I'm regularly asked if it is possible to track any changes when starting to wear a light hat.

This medical journal article should have been posted ages ago. My apologies for being so slow in making it available to you.

A friend has introduced me to the Joe O'Loughlin series by author Michael Robotham. Joe, a psychologist, is introduced in the first of the series, The Suspect; he lives in and works in London, has a gorgeous wife and daughter and a larger-than-life surgeon father nicknamed 'God's physician-in waiting'.

For over three years now, I've been observing the effect of daily use of red/near infrared light hat devices on people with Parkinson's disease. I continue to be astonished at the way red/near infrared lights can improve the non-motor or non-movement symptoms - especially apathy. I think apathy is probably one of the most cruel of the many Parkinson's symptoms.