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Blue Light Therapy

New Blue Light Therapy App a Bit Shady. Does App Store Approval Process Need to Take This Into Account?

Aug 21, 2009 by Iltifat Husain, MD

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A new healthcare app just released on the market claims to treat seasonal depression, called BluWave. Dr. Grohol has an entertaining read about how this app is a bit dubious. He gives great clinical research data, and how the makers use shady research to market this device. The app claims to use "Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology to deliver blue light adjustable in specific Nanometers (nm). Blue light therapy has been clinically proven to combat seasonal affective disorder (SAD), depression, [Read more]

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Blue Light Therapy

New Blue Light Therapy App a Bit Shady. Does App Store Approval Process Need to Take This Into Account?

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