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Red Light Therapy

6/9/202615 min

Usually, wellness therapies that claim to treat everything actually treat nothing.

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  1. Ashley Hamer-Pritchard· Host0:00

    [upbeat music] From LED face masks to recovery saunas, red light therapy is everywhere. Proponents say it can regrow hair, reverse aging, treat depression, and slow cognitive decline. It looks like a classic wellness grift, but this one has a twist. And in our extended content for premium members, why the push for energy efficient lighting may be causing problems for our health. That's today on Skeptoid.

  2. Rachel Feldman0:31

    I'm Rachel Feldman, and I host a podcast from Popular Science called The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week. Every other week, I circle up with guests like Bill Nye, Josh Gandelman, Mary Roach, and many more to prove that the lofty and noble pursuit of science can also be profoundly weird. From flying Ford Pintos to the world's most illegal cheese, The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is the ultimate source for all things interesting, informative, and most importantly, fricking weird. Check out The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week wherever you get your podcasts. Come on over whenever you're ready to get weird.

  3. Speaker 31:09

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