Mr Bateman describes the importance of the sense of self. He had seen his mother lose the sense of who she was as her dementia progressed, and he fears that same loss for himself.

Twelve people in South Australia volunteered to participate in a study on the effect of near-infrared light on people with Parkinson’s disease.

The initial analysis of the SA study confirms the kinds of improvements we’ve been seeing in people using red and near infrared lights on a daily basis for Parkinson’s.

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'.