Blue light usually comes from the sun but also from digital screens and LED lights. Some experts believe artificial sources may be causing eye damage in humans, but animal studies are inconclusive.
It’s become a virtually unchallenged piece of conventional wisdom that exposure to blue light—the type emitted by electronic device screens—is bad for sleep. That thinking has spurred a mini-industry ...
Even if you know that looking at a phone, tablet, or computer screen at night is bad for your sleep, it’s hard to stop. That’s one reason there’s been a growing interest in glasses or apps that can ...
Contrary to common belief, blue light may not be as disruptive to our sleep patterns as originally thought -- according to scientists. According to the team, using dim, cooler, lights in the evening ...
Phillip Yuhas receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Ohio Lions Eye Research Foundation. He is a member of the American Optometric Association, the Ohio Optometric Association ...
As a whole, we spend a lot of time in front of screens. In fact, 43 percent of adults have jobs that require the usage of a tablet or computer, and kids in the US between the ages of 8 and 12 spend ...
Simply put, blue light glasses are spectacles designed to filter out blue light from electronic devices – a part of the spectrum associated with irritation, eye fatigue and headaches. Almost all ...
A few months into the coronavirus pandemic, I realized I was spending about 14 hours a day looking at a computer screen. Between attending school online and work, my eyes were rarely off my iPhone, ...
You can get a brighter smile with a number of different whitening products and techniques available at home or at a dentist’s office. They vary in effectiveness (and price), but none of them provide ...
We’ve all read the reports: Blue light can play a role in sleep issues. It’s also been mentioned as a factor in skin damage, too. Fortunately, not only can you enable a blue-light filter on your ...
It’s everywhere. At your 9-to-5 job, on the train, in the bathroom, even in your bed as you’re trying to fall asleep. If you’re reading this, it’s right in your face — blue light. Ever since we’ve ...