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Acne Light Treatment – an Acne Cure ?
As futuristic as it may sound, there is a new skin blemish remedy called acne light treatment, also called Blue light therapy or Clearlight. This is mainly for acne patients who have had little success with other treatments. …
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Blue light waves, an integral part of the acne light therapy treatment process, interact with these elements. Oxygen is created as a result of this interaction. The oxygen will then get rid of the bad bacteria that is present in acne. …
Acne light therapy is the exposure of acne sufferers to very bright lights of certain wavelengths in order to abolish the red bumps known as acne.
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Spectacular fall leaves best viewed from lesser-known Canadian forests – Yahoo! Canada News
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By Wendy Mccann, The Canadian Press
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NORTH BAY, Ont. – So celebrated are the spectacular colours of Canada’s fall leaves that in Ontario, at least, the Ministry of Tourism issues weekly reports on where to find the most splendid views.
Via Rail offers lovers of the dramatic scarlet, orange, lemon-lime, gold and purple shades of fall a six-night train ride through the forests of southern Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia.
Fans of the fabulous foliage immortalized by the Group of Seven flock year round to the National Art Gallery in Ottawa and the McMichael in Kleinberg, Ont., to get their autumn fix.
And, even as the threat of jail hung over him, Conrad Black tipped his hat to the changing leaves of Canadian fall by demonstrating the art of pressing a maple leaf on the Rick Mercer television show. (It must be pressed between two very large books. Small books won’t do.)
So where are the most beautiful canopies of colour this fall?
Jane McLean, a self-anointed Canadian fall foliage expert, has posted a Top-10 list on about.com, the New York Times owned online repository of expert advice on everything from accessories and acne to yoga and zoology.
She says fall colours are a “real industry” in the U.S., particularly New England. She posted her list of lovely northern vistas because she didn’t want Canada to be overlooked.
“We have just as much to offer, without the crowds,” she said from her home in Dundas, Ont.
Already, her list is making waves.
“I’ve had some heated emails from PR people for tourist boards scolding me for not including them.”
That not surprising, since her about.com posting is influential and attracts thousands of hits a week.
Four of the spots that made it into McLean’s Top-10 are in Ontario. (Algonquin Park made the cut, as did the Bruce Peninsula). Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains got the nod and Alberta’s Rockies. In the east, McLean recommends the Cabot Trail of Cape Breton Island and New Brunswick’s Fundy Coastal Drive. She likes the forests of PEI since the warm waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Northumberland Strait create a climate that can produce one of the longest fall foliage periods in northeastern North America.
But pity the poor residents of British Columbia and Saskatchewan, provinces without even a mention (Manitoba and Newfoundland also get a pass from McLean).
And before regional pride provokes a national scrimmage, it’s important to note that although the Rockies are listed as No. 1, and the Fundy Coast No. 10, McLean’s list is in no particular order.
“I generally work my way west to east,” she says, with the insistence of a parent who could never choose a favourite child.
Does she have a secret guilty pleasure? Yes, she does. It’s Via’s Fall Foliage Romance by Rail journey through the forests of eastern Canada.
“There is a romance to it,” McLean says. “It’s hard to deny that it’s a bit old-fashioned. The cabins are dated, but for me that has an allure. And the views through the domed observation window are very strong.”
But wait. The writer of the list, the expert on all things autumnal, won’t be pinned down after all.
“The subsequent article I write should be how there are many more places that could be added to the Top-10 list that you might not know yet,” she says with a laugh.
Really, are there any unappealing locales from which to view the fall leaves of Canada? We think not.
One little-known treasure is the spectacular Canadore Trails on the grounds of Canadore College in North Bay, Ont., a four-hour drive north of Toronto.
Towering maples stand tall and proud next to the beautiful ash and birch trees. In early fall there are still enough leaves to provide an umbrella from light rain. The young trees sprouting from the forest floor fill out the wooded wonderland with strokes of white and brown, while the orange and red leaves that have fallen to the bed’s floor sizzle like the year’s best sunset.
But it’s up the Maple Trail toward the wooden lookout over Lake Nipissing where the most enchanting colours come into view. Carley Size, a North Bay resident who at 13 is still young enough to tap into a magical imagination, has named it The Lemon-Lime Forest, and it is the most apt description imaginable.
If the season’s reds are blistering, the green and yellows are refreshing.
Prof. Root Gorelick, a biologist at Ottawa’s Carleton University, says ‘09 is a banner year for anyone who enjoys the lemon-lime hues of fall.
“It’s been a good and not very stressful year,” he says. “The wet year and warm autumn haven’t produced pigments as vibrant as the red and orange shades we’re used to,” he says. “And this year, the leaves may fall before they turn those shades.”
A word for the curious: Gorelick doesn’t have a favourite either.
“I don’t try to travel this time of year but, if I can, I don’t miss an opportunity to look out the window.”
Quite.
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If you go . . .
Jane McLean’s list: http://goCanada.about.com/od/Canadatravelplanner/tp/fallfoliage.htm
Via Rail tour: http://www.trainpackages.ca/packages/Fall-Foliage-Romance-by-Rail.ht ml
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Effective Time Frame For Blue Light Therapy
Blue light (photodynamic) therapy is a newer and not quite so well known alternative procedure for the treatment of many common skin conditions as it is effective in removing or reducing marks on the skin and discolored areas caused by acne, stretch marks and spider veins etc (all kinds of pigment distortions and mutations).
Background
Blue light has a wavelength of between 405 4 420 nm (this wavelength is considered by the US-FDA as safe for extended exposure to the skin and is approved for light treatment). This wavelength, coupled with the fact that blue light contains no UV elements, makes it very safe for the skin and the light particles are readily absorbed by the skin as well, causing the elimination of bacteria (especially the p. acnes bacteria).
Usefulness
Light therapy using blue light is known to be effective for the treatment of SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder; a type of mood disorder – like the ‘winter blues’ etc) using narrow band blue light, the reduction in appearance of stretch marks and the reduction in appearance of spider-veins. This treatment is, however, most effective in the direct treatment of acne, reducing lesions and inflamed pimples and killing the bacteria that cause them (thereby effectively treating acne instead of just reducing it). Many clinical tests conducted by the American and British academies of Dermatology have concluded that blue light of certain intensities can cause the bacteria in the affected area of the skin to absorb the energy and die (about 80% clearance of bacteria in a few treatments has been observed), and have also observed that the exposure of light also helps reduce the marks left on the skin by the acne.
Effective Timeframe for acne treatment
Any treatment is based on the intensity of the problem at hand, chronic cases of acne may be treated by a combination of blue and red light exposure along with the use of some medical aide (like an acne cream or pills which kill the p.acnes bacteria; topical application of ALA, or Levulan®). Generally however, treatment even at clinics, is limited to 15-30 minute sessions of exposure of the affected area to intense blue light LED at close quarters (eye protection must be used as bright light of any kind can cause damage to the sight). The number of sessions
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can be anywhere from between one and four sessions a week and may also require the application of a simple photosensitizing solution to ensure that the light is absorbed more readily (results may not appear immediately and the treatment may take up to 8 sessions to take effect). The general treatment schedule is dependent upon the severity of the acne; including the length of sessions, the weakly frequency and the intensity of light used. As an example, patients using ALA solution will require 30 minutes of time after the application of the solution so that it absorbs into the skin, before 8 minutes of exposure to the light source about twice a month in some cases. It is advisable to consult a dermatologist for a treatment plan, especially if you plan to conduct self-sessions at home using a portable light source.
References:
Wikipedia
MED SCAPE
www[dot]medscape[dot]com/viewarticle/572288_4.
clinicaltrials[dot]gov/ct2/show/NCT00706433
www[dot]topdocs[dot]com/display_procedure.php?id=bluelight
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