<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Doctors suggest global warming could lead to more heart problems]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by bistrom http://www.grist.org/article/heart1/ Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:53:36 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/heart1/1 Not just heart sick but also depressed.

In Finland there has been some preliminary research on links between climate change and depression. As the snow cover will stay for a shorter time but the hours of light will be the same as the climate warms up there is expected to be a lot more depression in the winter. As you might know the geographical location of my country leads to only a few hours of daylight in the middle of winter, and this in the southernmost part, the darkness makes you depressed, as of now the cure is to buy a "sunlight-lamp". A lamp that emits similar kind of light as daylight, I´m not sure how energy efficient they are.

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In Finland there has been some preliminary research on links between climate change and depression. As the snow cover will stay for a shorter time but the hours of light will be the same as the climate warms up there is expected to be a lot more depression in the winter. As you might know the geographical location of my country leads to only a few hours of daylight in the middle of winter, and this in the southernmost part, the darkness makes you depressed, as of now the cure is to buy a "sunlight-lamp". A lamp that emits similar kind of light as daylight, I´m not sure how energy efficient they are.

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