Light and optical techniques have made profound impacts on modern medicine, with
numerous lasers and optical devices currently being used in clinical practice to assess …

Many features of the environment have been found to exert an important influence on
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, progression, and severity. Changes in the environment …

Skin cancer, including both melanoma and non-melanoma, is the most common type of
malignancy in the Caucasian population. Firstly, we review the evidence for the observed …

Observational studies classically find an inverse relationship between human plasma 25-
hydroxyvitamin D concentration and obesity. However, interventional and genetic studies …

Public health authorities in the United States are recommending that men, women and
children reduce their exposure to sunlight, based on concerns that this exposure will …

This review focuses primarily on the beneficial effects for human health of exposure to
ultraviolet radiation (UVR). UVR stimulates anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive …

Irregular or unnatural artificial light causes severe environmental stress on the survival and
health of organisms, which is rapidly becoming a widespread new type of environmental …

Background Understanding factors impacting deaths from COVID‐19 is of the highest
priority. Seasonal variation in environmental meteorological conditions affects the incidence …

Background: High blood pressure (BP) is the leading risk factor for disability adjusted life
years lost globally. Epidemiological data show a correlation between increased sun …

Dry eye disease (DED) is a multifactorial condition resulting from reduced tear secretion
from the lacrimal glands, increased tear water evaporation or the production of poor-quality …