Talk:Light therapy
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I don't know about you guys, but chopping up each sentence into its own paragraph is generally frowned upon.
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[edit] Heliotherapy merge?
A new article has just been created called Heliotherapy. It appears to contain the same subject matter as Light therapy. If there is no qualitative difference between the two, I suggest merging the text of Heliotherapy into the text of this article. Or via a redirect, if there is no real difference. ... discospinster talk 02:47, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Agreed
I started the section, but I agree it should be merged with Light Therapy as a seperate section since it is a term that is being used more often. Heliotherapy more than not refers to the use of UV than other wavelengths, but this would just make it a sub of light therapy. Pharmboy 14:03, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] See also Photobiomodulation
It depends .... is it a photochemical effect ? or is it a heat therapy ? or is it an ancient therapy with no declared mechaniusm which my include either or both effects.
I think it may be both a Heat Therapy and Photobiomodulation
Perhaps the title should be changed from "Light Therapy" to "Light Therapies" or maybe even "Photomedicine" given the range of applcations
There is no one "Light Therapy", there are" Light Therapies"
The statement in the Heliotherapy page that the effect on Arthritis is due to heat is insufficient.
Heat is soothing and maybe effect blood supply (I'm not qualified to comment further)
But there are photochemical effects that cause a true anti inflammatory effect.
Academia salad 08:48, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Heliotherapy merged, arthritis section removed
I redirected Heliotherapy and removed sections that require cites until I can do this properly. The whole article needs some cleaning up, but need to gather some data first.
