How does lighting impact on sleep and health? Is it really a big deal? To understand the interaction between lighting, sleep and health we spoke to Assoc Prof Sean Cain, a leading expert in lighting research, from Monash University.
Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk - Talking all things sleep.
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Audio Timeline / Chapters:
00:00 - 25:00 Theme - Lighting and Sleep
25:00 - 26:32 Clinical Tip
26:32 - 31:10 Pick of the Month
31:10 - 32:50 What's Coming Up?
Next episode: Is sleep a luxury?
Links mentioned in the podcast:
A Prof Sean Cain's Monash University profile
Research paper on environmental impact of light
Lighting environment in hospitals
Editorial on healthy hospital lighting
Center for Environmental Therapeutics
WorkAlert
When Brains Dream - book
Acupuncture and insomnia - systematic review
Circadian mechanisms in medicine - New England Journal of Medicine
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