Originally published July 10 2005
Exposure to daylight and window view linked with decreases in recuperation times for hospitalized patients
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
While studies dealing with Seasonal Affective Disorder have already linked light therapy and the reduction of symptoms; new studies suggest that these healthful effects extend to people without any mental disorder.
Building developers, architects, hospital and city planners, and interior designers take note: according to Dr. Asher Derman, building and design environmental consultant (Battery Park City, AOL-Time Warner), a small but important group of recent medical and health care related studies are beginning to link exposure to daylight and window views within buildings with decreases in recuperation times for hospitalized patients.
Previously, in somewhat parallel studies dealing with the treatment of some forms of depression identified as Seasonal Affective Disorder, a direct connection was established between morning light therapy and the reduction of symptoms.
These new studies extend the healing impact that daylight/sunshine and views have on specific physical conditions.
The reasons for these effects are still conjectural.
Those who lived in geographic areas with higher amounts of seasonal sunlight tended to die less frequently of those cancers then those in geographic areas with lesser amounts of daylight exposure.
These studies taken together begin to reinforce the importance that day lighting interior spaces has, not only in reducing the need for electric power and lighting, but in the role daylight has in maintaining work productivity and the healing properties of medical facilities.
He is a founding member and current board member of the USGreen Building Council/NY Chapter.
Dr. Derman's book of photographs, "The Green Man in New York City, and other foliate heads," is a collection featuring 'Green'-oriented architectural ornaments from late 19th century buildings in Manhattan characterized by sculpted heads surrounded by foliage.
Today they are a consistent reminder of the power of our connection with nature and what we now call the environment.
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