Chances are you keep the lights on whenever you’re indoors, but are you aware that fluorescent lighting affects mood, concentration, and overall productivity? According to the CDC, light affects circadian rhythms, ultimately affecting your feeling of health and well-being.
Headaches & Migraines
Are LED Lights Causing Your Migraines?
Homeowners and office managers are increasingly choosing LED lighting over incandescent and …
6 Effective Ways To Block Fluorescent Lighting at Work
You know they irritate you with their humming or even make you …
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Options for Employers When An Employee with Migraines Is Missing Work
The Migraine Research Foundation reports that migraines affect 39 million people in the …
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Workplace Accommodations for Light Sensitivity
Light sensitivity, or photophobia, is often a symptom of certain medical conditions. This can mean you’re sensitive to sunlight or bright lighting. You might also be sensitive to certain types of light, like the fluorescent lights found in many workplaces.
What reasonable workplace accommodations are you entitled to?
Is Your Office Guilty of These Top Headache Triggers?
If you find yourself suffering from headaches at the office, you are …
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Lighting Matters: The Top 7 Ways Classroom Lighting Can Affect Teachers
Teachers have a considerable amount of influence over their classroom environment. Some teachers pay closer attention to the details of their environment that others commonly overlook, including the negative impact of fluorescent lighting in the classroom.
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Migraines at Work: Recognizing and Resolving Triggers
While there are many medications to treat migraine pain, or reduce the frequency of episodes, medical intervention alone is unlikely to prevent them. Doctors commonly advise people living with migraines to avoid their migraine triggers, the environmental stimuli that send symptoms into overdrive.
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Identifying the Signs and Symptoms of Fluorescent Light Sensitivity
Signs and Symptoms of Fluorescent Light SensitivityWatch this video on YouTube It’s …
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What Is Computer Vision Syndrome?
Although less than a few decades ago, Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) was nothing short of a made up term, it has become a big part of the lives of many people in our world today. Spending long hours and days staring at a computer screen over time causes an immense strain on our eyes, which results in the symptoms of CVS.