Sleep With a Nightlight? Read This
I don't know many adults who sleep with nightlights, but lots of kids do, and did you know that a red nightlight is actually better than a blue? A new study points out that red is "harmless," while blue light "had the worst effects on mood-related measures, followed closely by white light," according to newswise.com. The study was done with hamsters, and when these critters were exposed to red light at night, they had "significantly less evidence of depressive-like symptoms and changes in the brain linked to depression, compared to those that experienced blue or white light." But it's not just for kids trying to get to sleep at night. “Our findings suggest that if we could use red light when appropriate for night-shift workers, it may not have some of the negative effects on their health that white light does,” Randy Nelson, co-author of the study and professor of neuroscience and psychology at The Ohio State University, told newswise....