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Home My WebLink AboutLakeshore Advance, 2013-01-09, Page 14Wednesday, January 9, 2013 • Lakeshore Advance 13 Gatewayto conduct on Iight therapyfor Seasonal A ' studyffecttve Disorder Twenty-five participai>Its sought to wear light visors every morning for six weeks Susan Hundertmark QMI Agency the winter blues ran pat two to three per cent of Canadians on 1ht' couch fat ing Junk food and feeling tired and depressed. A new study being clone by Gateway Mural 1 lealth Research Institute in Sea - forth is looking for at least 25 people suffering from Seasonal Affective 1 )isor der (SAI)) who are willing to try Tight therapy every morning for six weeks. 1)r. Craig 1 Wilson, (;ateway :s chair of mental health research, says local physicians and psy- chiatrists are noticing that SA I) seems more common with patients living along the Lake 1 Rerun shoreline. "It's quite a common problem and local doc- tors are thinking that the amount of cloud cover along the shoreline contributes 0) the situation," he says. "()aic( a few people suffer from SAi) 300 million worldwide.' Atter receiving a phone call from Sean Miller, a'1'01'01)11) etltl'eptetll'tlI' %Vhf) developed a visor with three small 1 1 I) Tights that shine on the wearer's face to treat SA1), iludsl)1) says he became "genuinely curious" about whether the Yunlalite gadget would work. "I'm designing and running the study. Miller is interested but he's not involved in our study," says Hudson, adding that Miller also approached Stlnnybrook hospital and the (:entre for Addiction and Mental 1lealth, both In'1'oronto, to du clinical trials of bis product. Gateway will be buying the $100 Yunnalite visors and giving them to study participants. "So, 1f it works, they win be able to keep the visors and have a permanent solution to their problem," says 1ludson. "Sean Miller Is a very convincing guy but we're not receiving any funding from hin1.1 want to make it very much an Independent study and 1 don't mind saying it's a g11911 product of it's not." In sli.idk'S that have already been done by 1)1.. Anthony Levitt at McMaster University and Sunnybrook 1hospital concerning SAI), 1lud- so11 says it's been shown that either white or red Tight is most effective in lining mood when SAI) patients look at :he light for half an hour each morning before 11 a.01. 'Therefore, the Gateway study will ask participants to wear a Tight visor when they get up in the morning and go about their routines as they get ready for work. "It will be 11101e convenient 10 wear the visor than to sit in front of a desktop light for half an hour in the morning," he says. Interested participants are invited to fill out it survey at (slip'way's Seaforth office on the signs and symptoms of depression to see if they qualify for the study. if they qualify, par- ticipants will then take part in weekly assess- ments for the six-week study. 1 Judson says Gateway will accept study par- ticipants from across 1 luron County %vho are willing to come to Seaforth for assessment. Because SAi) is it seasonal disorder, h1e says tile study needs to he completed before the end of March. Interested participants can call heather Alre-Steffler at 519-527- 1 F01 documents fuel Huron -Bruce MPP's fight for IWT moratorium Susan Hundertmark about how they would address "noise contalmina- QMIAgency tion being disc 11arge(I to the natural environment." Ministry of the Environment documents 'Tho mpsot) says she is disturbed by comments released under a Freedom of Information (1:01) editing a l) and A document on the potential request show that the province was aware of health impacts ofwint turbines that the authors adverse health effects caused by industrial wind should "fess up to the annoyance line or delete" turbines as far back as 2009, says 11(1ron Bruce while discussing the reported symptoms of people MIT Lisa 'Thompson, living near wind turbines. And, when the provincial legislature goes hack As well, 'Thompson says she was alarmed by an to work, 'Thompson pians to take the documents email message from a senior MOE official stating, she received from "an individual who has expel"- "OK, message received and understood. Car) and enced impacts from industrial wind turbines" 1 will stand down until directed otherwise. Sounds back to the estimates committee where the goy- like we are not all on the sante place 00 the inf0r- ('1'11111t'1)t explores tl'i1115pa1'l'1)('y and illation loop 00this oill'." accountability. "It shows there's more to it. It shows that M00. "We're going to be further exploring the gas officials were not in sync with the people giving plant closures antl T want this next In the queue. the directions from above," she says. Things are clearly amiss with regard to adverse "'These documents prove that government oflt- he'alth effects associated with industrial wind tum- ('1(115 were aware that wind turbines were adversely Lines so please, can we examine this through esti- affecting the health of residents," says 'Thompson illates as well," 51)1' says, in i1 111'1'15 release. "'1'1)1' Liberal government has The released ducun)ents show 26 pages of email systematically silenced rural voices to advance a conversations bet veen Ministry of Environment misguided green energy agenda.' officials discussing complaints they received over Thompson says she wants to make sure the doe - negative health consequences of turbines and uments obtained throughareedoln of Information conversations they had with wind companies will be available to 1)0th the federal health study • Rob Jones photo Treking through the Park It was a beautiful day In the Pinery as Brenda Jones and Hughle took in the sites and sounds. being conducted concerning industrial wind turbines and the provincial study being dont' through the university of Waterloo, "'The secrecy and entitlement of this government is totally unacceptable," says 'Thompson in a press viva se. 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