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Beat Winter Blues!


 

Get more light

Even if you're not one of those for whom winter presents special problems—I'm talking here about people with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) or its milder variant, the winter blues—a bright home cheers people up and decreases stress. If you do find that your energy plummets in the wintertime and that you feel down and despondent, you may suffer from SAD and may actually benefit from special light fixtures that have been shown in research to cheer people up during the wintertime. (For more information visit www.normanrosenthal.com.)