Thanks for the replies, everyone.

I just talked to the study coordinator at Mass General Hospital for the study that Deangreen mentioned. In case anyone is interested, they are still recruiting, and looking for patients who live within a 3-4 hour drive from Boston. (There is another study site in Utah, I believe, and the Netherlands as well.) This won't work for my mom, who is in Western PA, but I thought I'd send along the information in case anyone else is interested.

The protocol involves several visits to Mass General over seven months as well as a house visit during which the study coordinator will help you set up your light box (50% possibility of it being the real deal, 50% possibility of it being a sham device).

You would then use it every day -- at least I think she said every day -- and fill out questionnaires about your daytime sleepiness and overall Parkinson's symptoms.

The woman that I spoke with is named Catherine Havemann, and she can be reached at 617-726-9589.

Great job! Very nice video!

Parkinson’s disease

Li Q et al (1998) treated 43 patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) with intranasal low level He‐Ne laser therapy at 3.5 ‐ 5.5 mW for 30 minutes per treatment session per day for ten days, and found serum cholecystokinin‐ octapeptide (CCK‐8 ‐ which high levels have a deleterious effect on cognitive ability in PD)4 decreased to normal levels. When referencing to Webster Scale scores (WSS), they found the improvements to be significant for 26 of the 43 patients. 5

Xu C et al (2003), treated 47 patients with PD with intranasal low level He‐Ne laser therapy at 3.5 to 4.5 mW for 30 minutes per session, every morning for 20 days, and found the PD symptoms improved for 31 (66%) of the patients. Out of these, 14 (29.8%) were significant while 27 (57.4%) were mild. Presence of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and melatonin increased and malondialdehyde (MDA – a marker for oxidative stress) decreased. 6

Zhao G et al (2003) treated 36 patients with PD with intranasal low level He‐Ne laser therapy at 3.5 ‐ 5.5 mW for 30 minutes per session per day for ten days, and found improvements in PD symptoms for 31 (89.1%) of the patients; out of whom 10 (27.8%) of them were significant and 21 (58.35) mild.7

http://trulyheal.com/the-healing-power-of-light/

"Eyes as gateways for environmental light to the substantia nigra: relevance in Parkinson's disease." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24578627

This paper provides evidence that light >600 nm can reach the substantia nigra in rats through the eyes and induces formation of neuromelanin (a neuroprotectant). Yet, they suggest that >600 nm light from computers or TV may actually increase PD risk. A bit of a strange paper, but interesting none-the-less.

Its been recommended to me to use 655 vielight for parkinsons-the 810 model was not as effective (for PWP) keep in mind tho this can vary amongst individuals....and efficacy may depend on matching signal with signalee...how elegant this treatment is! makes everything else seem barbaric
http://www.mediclights.com/vielight-655-prime/

Light can be applied not only through the nose but also in the ear!

this by Randy Eady:
Following successful integration of the Valkee BrightLight Headset and Vibration Platform for stroke trauma & recovery, BioeEnergetic and spatial healing research extends in 2015 to a category of device called Electroceuticals.
The InPulser (infratone generator) and GammaCore (a non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation therapy (nVNS) are two in this realm of BioEnergetics that, when combined, may create astounding efficacy. A 2015 review in the EuroJournal of Neuro confirms non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation therapy (nVNS) not only safe; but can be effective across a wide range of conditions.
The GammaCore is exciting as it targets specific fibers in the vagus nerve bundle to create the release of inhibitory neurotransmitters within the central nervous system. This, in turn, reduces the over expression of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, which has been implicated in a number of different disorders (Parkinsonism being one of them).
For many years, there's been a field of study by the Blue Light Society* to explore a process called inemuri in relation to circadian rhythm, light exposure and Vagus nerve stimulation to treat various disorders such as migraine and cluster headaches, epilepsy, depression and movement disorder conditions in thousands of patients.
It's not precisely known how Vagus nerve stimulation treats these conditions but it has been suggested it may work by sending signals into the brain that results in alteration of brain chemistry, which helps slows the heart, allowing it to fill more with blood and then pump powerfully. The mild current given off is localized such that circulation is influenced rather than organ function. In particular, looking at the Japanese concept of inemuri (to be asleep while present) and the benefit of synchronizing sleep habits to the body's daily rhythms with enhanced Pineal Gland function via the Vagus nerve may offer clues about this healing process

WOW! What a study. There is a full text version available btw and here's a clip of PD career risks from the discussion section that is very interesting ..

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Despite the findings from the current study, we do not know whether light can reach the substantia nigra through this path. The only way to confirm the pathway of light would be to measure it in a postmortem brain. Nonetheless, if the eyes are the gateway for light from the outside to the substantia nigra, people who spend a lot of time in front of light sources, such as computers or TV displays, for work, or leisure purposes, may be at increased risk for developing Parkinson's disease. On the contrary, blind people, who do not spend time in front of light sources, may be at lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. To our knowledge, such epidemiological studies have not been done. Hopefully, neuroepidemiologists will soon become interested in analysing these relationships. Nevertheless, indirect evidence points to this relationship.

An increased risk of Parkinson's disease has been observed in teaching and health care workers [10–12] and generally in subjects with higher education [13]. Conversely, subjects with occupations presumed to involve high levels of physical activity have a decreased risk of Parkinson's disease [13]. These observations may reflect ascertainment bias, resulting from better access to care or, in case of health care workers, they would also be consistent with the neuroinflammatory hypothesis of Parkinson's disease pathogenesis [14] since workers in these occupations have relatively frequent exposure to infectious agents. However, lack of association with work as a nurse argues against this hypothesis [10]. An alternative hypothesis may be that subjects with higher education, including teachers and health care workers, may generally spend more time in front of light sources, such as computers.

In this regard, even though the global intensity of light emitted by a computer display is relatively low compared to a fluorescent lamp, we observed that the light emitted at 706 nm by a CRT monitor was nearly one-third of the light emitted by a fluorescent lamp. Given that the average person may work or look at a computer display for hours on a daily basis, it is possible that some light could reach the substantia nigra. As a matter of fact, computer programmers tend to be diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at a younger age compared to other patients, and risk of diagnosis in patient 50 years old or younger is greater in computer programmers [15].

The peak at 706 nm in the LCD monitor analysed is very small; nonetheless, it should be considered that other LCD monitor, which are manufactured with back fluorescent light, a special light source necessary to produce a visible image, have a higher peak in this wavelength range [16].

Did any of you tried the intranasal light therapy ??
i found out that Pr Benabid , who invented DBS for PD is now working on implanting a small continuous led light inside the brain to restore neuromelanin, the black substance from substantia nigra which vanishes in Pd brain ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24160475

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Moon daughter,


Why would someone be lucky to live in south Florida? I live there and have never heard of this therapy. I can't find any info on trying to contact this man RandyEady. I am curious of knowing more. T

I was reluctant to put down 400-500$ for the vie light....I mean 500 bucks for a flash light ...c'mon...highway robbery....)

I got a "newgen" (a german brand I think) for $100 from Randy and have noticed a deep settling effect....also came across these much cheaper models ($45) from amazon by searching for allergy relief Bionase (Amazon) ...am LOVING this therapy...subtle yet very relaxing....HIGHLY recommend to my PWP friends.

Kind regards to all,
MD