Light therapy involves spending 20-30 minutes a day in front of a light box, which can help regulate happiness hormones like serotonin and dopamine.

As daylight diminishes, people can feel their mood dimming. In fact, millions of U.S. adults experience seasonal affective ...

Like an estimated 5 percent or so of Americans, I have seasonal affective disorder, better known by its all-too-appropriate acronym, SAD. Seasonal depression, which can entail lethargy and lower moods ...

Which light therapy boxes for seasonal affective disorder are best? Many people feel a little down in the fall and winter when the days get shorter and sunlight is harder to come by. But for some, the ...

Dear Jim: I am planning to get a high-intensity SAD light or sunrise device to help reduce my wintertime blues. Do these things really work? What features should I look for and are they expensive to ...

Q: Each year when we switch away from daylight saving time, I get that SAD thing. I start feeling low and eventually get depressed. Why does that happen? I’ve read there are special lights that can ...

While many will be happy for the excuse opportunity of a cosy night in, for others the long, dark nights can trigger the start of SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder. According to recent statistics, ...

People who feel more fatigued, sad, irritable and hungry as the days darken from fall into winter may benefit from using a light box, also called a therapy lamp, according to health experts. Seasonal ...

Seasonal affective disorder affects 5% of adults each year, with millions more experiencing milder "winter blues," but the ...