NLM Announcements

Don’t be SAD: A Very Brief History of Light Therapy

12/20/2016 11:00 AM EST

By Michael Sappol As December 21, the shortest day of the year approaches, when the gray and dark is at its height and golden sunshine is scarce, it’s easy to feel gloomy. Doctors have a diagnosis for that, Seasonal Affective Disorder (conveniently acro­nymed as “SAD”), a name coined in the 1980s by Norman E. Rosenthal, […]

Embracing the Future as Stewards of the Past

12/20/2016 10:00 AM EST

A View from NLM’s History of Medicine Division