A treatment designed for people with seasonal affective disorder. It involves exposure to intense white light.

Phototherapy-Treatment for jaundice in a newborn infant. --See also Jaundice.

A treatment for seasonal affective disorder in which the patient sits in front a box-like device emitting bright light for 30 minutes a day.

a treatment for jaundice by placing fluorescent (blue or green) lights over the baby's bed to help break down bilirubin  into a water-soluble form that can be eliminated in the kidneys.

Using light to reduce the bilirubin level.

Light therapy. Treatment of infants with hyperbilirubinemia (yellow jaundice) by exposing them to bright lights.

A form of skin-directed therapy that uses various forms of ultraviolet light and is often effective in clearing CTCL in its earliest stages, when the disease is confined to the skin (Stage I-A, I-B, II-A, II-B). Forms of phototherapy include PUVA, broadband UVB, and narrowband UVB. read more...

Treatment of jaundice in the newborn by using light therapy.

The use of light therapy to lower blood bilirubin levels. Infants are exposed to bright lights over hours or days. Phototherapy may be administered using a combination of halogen spot lights, blue fluorescent lights, or an illuminated fiberoptic mat (Biliblanket(tm), or Wallaby(tm)) placed under the infant. Blood in the skin is exposed to the light, and the bilirubin is converted to a nontoxic form. Infants receiving phototherapy have their eyes covered.

A treatment performed using ultra violet light.

the use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn

A common treatment for psoriasis using ultraviolet light.

Treatment of the skin with ultraviolet light.

See "bili-lights".

Use of natural or artificial light to treat a disease.

Treatment for jaundice using fluorescent lights.

Treatment with light. For example, a newborn with jaundice may be "put under the lights."

Therapeutic use of light.

Used to treat seasonal affective disorder, phototherapy involves exposure to light from a box of white fluorescent light tubes.

Treatment for jaundice of the newborn; the baby takes frequent "sun baths" under a fluorescent light.

treatment using light, typically ultraviolet light.

Treatment of a disease with light (visible or invisible).

A treatment using ultraviolet light on a newborn to accelerate recovery from jaundice.

The use of ultraviolet light to treat newborns with jaundice.

A psoriasis treatment that employs either natural or artificial UV light to treat psoriatic plaques and lesions.

treatment with light. Prescription phototherapy exposes the baby's skin to special fluorescent lights. In mild cases of jaundice, exposing the baby's skin to sunlight (taking care to avoid sunburn) is sometimes recommended.

A treatment in which a drug that makes cancer cells sensitive to light is given to the patient, and a special light is then shone on the cancer cells to kill them.

special lights used to treat jaundice. port wine stain - a flat, pink, red, or purple colored birthmark.

Treatment with light. exposing the skin to ultraviolet light in carefully controlled doses. Treatment with artificial ultraviolet light.

Ultraviolet light that is used in a treatment called phototherapy for certain skin conditions like Vitiligo and psoriasis.

Treatment consisting of exposure to ultraviolet light, which causes active T cells in the skin to die, reducing inflammation and excess growth of skin cells.

The use of natural or artificial UV light to treat disease.

The use of bililights to treat hyperbilirubinemia.