Newsgroups: alt.support.depression, alt.support.depression.seasonal
From: wherman@idirect.com (Wendy Herman)
Keywords: Seasonal Affective Disorder, SAD, Canada
Organization: Internet Direct, Canada
Date: Mon Oct 23 17:27:17 MDT 1995
In article <465qtr$5cq@nyx10.cs.du.edu>, lpuls@nyx10.cs.du.edu says...
> [1] Re: Seasonal Affective Disorder - Full Spectrum
> On Sun Oct 15 acm@madrox (Andrew Charles MacKenzie Allen) was quoted:
>> I am looking for a Canadian manufacturer of full spectrum
>> lighting equipment designed to combat SAD. Does anyone
>> have any ideas? If there are no Canadian manufacturers, is
>> there a Canadian distributor for the numerous U.S. companies?
> Andrew:
> The only Canadian manufacturer of seasonal light equipment that
> I am aware of is:
> HEALTH LIGHT INC.
> P.O. Box 3899, Station C
> Hamilton, ON Canada L8H 7P2
> 1-800-265-6020
> Phone/Fax : 416-545-4997 [probably an old number]
> Phone: 905-545-4997, Fax: 905-545-8963
> Contact: Duncan Worthington
>
> As you are specifically looking for full-spectrum lighting, you may
> already be aware of HEALTH LIGHT INC., who as far as I know markets
> only equipment in the RED light spectrum (the LIGHT CAP and the
> THERA CLIP, for clipping onto a pair of glasses or a cap or visor),
> although they have provided light therapy equipment to many clinics
> in Canada, the USA and several other countries. They have an
> interesting and spirited discussion of their position on bright
> full-spectrum light vs. red light for seasonal lighting effects under
> their section of the Seasonal Light/SAD Homepage. If you have already
> tried out any of their units, I sure would like to see it discussed
> on a.s.d.s.
>
> A dealer who can maybe provide information about bright/full-spectrum
> lighting sources in Canada is:
>
> Vitality Concepts, Inc.
> Full Spectrum Lighting Specialists
> Mary L. Okumura, President
> 1406 W. Summerdale Ave.
> Chicago IL 60640-2116
> 1-800-252-0220
> Phone: 312-275-1443, Fax: 312-275-7997
>
And the only Canadian maker of a full spectrum light I know of is called:
Northern Light Technologies
3070 Brabant-Marineau
St. Laurent, Quebec H4S 1K7
Tel: 514-335-1763 1-800-263-0066 Fax: 514-335-7764
I got a light from them, shipped for $230 and I'm very pleased. It has
an ultra violet filter on it.
Wendy Herman
wherman@idirect.com
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