Keeping your sunny side up. How sunlight affects health and well-being.
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. —Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature Increasing evidence confirms that everyday sunshine is a determinant of health and has an important role in preventing or ameliorating many afflictions, includ-ing depression, cancer, and postoperative pain. Although sunshine has been used therapeutically throughout his-tory, sun exposure has been discouraged lately with alle-gations that solar rays induce skin cancer. Recent studies, however, cast doubt on the wisdom of solar abstinence. Mood disorder and sunlight My friend, a Professor Emeritus of family medicine, is a cheerful man who laughs boisterously and has a pleas-ant, charismatic manner. At our regular lunch he charms the waitresses, young and old, as he enthusiastically discusses his endeavours. He suffers, however, from
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Author: Stephen J Genuis
Language: English
Topic: Skin Protection and Aging
Subfield: Dermatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1885782908