Intense Light Prevents, Treats Heart Attacks, Study Suggests

Apr. 25, 2012 —
Science Daily/University of Colorado Denver

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Strong light, or even just daylight, might ease the risk of having a heart attack or suffering damage from one.
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There are lots of ways physicians might treat a patient after a heart attack -- certain resuscitation methods, aspirin, clot-busters and more. Now University of Colorado medical school researchers have found a new candidate: Intense light.

"The study suggests that strong light, or even just daylight, might ease the risk of having a heart attack or suffering damage from one," says Tobias Eckle, MD, PhD, an associate professor of anesthesiology, cardiology, and cell and developmental biology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. "For patients, this could mean that daylight exposure inside of the hospital could reduce the damage that is caused by a heart attack."
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