"Light Therapy and Motionless Approach: Promising Ways to Slow Aging"
A recent study in mice suggests that light therapy, specifically photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy, could be an effective means of slowing down cardiovascular aging. The study focused on heart condition and function in middle-aged mice and showed an improvement in heart function after exposure to PBM therapy. PBM also mitigated the thickness of the cardiac wall. The experiment exposed mice to a dose of near-infrared light by using an overhead LED light source rather than a focused light source. The results were significant even though the eight-month study was interrupted for three months by COVID-19. The next step is controlled human clinical trials.