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| | SAD: Shining a Light on Wintertime Depression - Depression symptoms, causes, and treatments including clinical and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Studies have shown that light therapy -- exposure to bright light -- can reduce the symptoms of SAD in as many as 80 percent of sufferers, according to research by Randall Flory, a psychology professor at Hollins University in Roanoke, Va. |
 | | Light therapy is typically administered using a "light box" -- a set of fluorescent bulbs or tubes generally encased in small, portable devices of plastic or aluminum. |
 | | The health insurance companies won't pay for the light boxes, which run $200 to $300 and last about five years, even though insurers will pay for antidepressants that offer a chemical solution laden with side effects, he said. |
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