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The brain-zapping helmet that could help to cure dementia - Daily Mail
Oct 19, 2021 1 min, 36 secs

A helmet that zaps your brain with infrared light could help cure dementia, a study has found.

The £7,250 helmet works through a process called 'photo biomodulation' where pulses of infrared light are directed deep into the brain.

The study saw 14 healthy Britons wear the helmet (pictured) for six minutes twice a day for one month, with infrared light was beamed into their brains at a wavelength of 1068 nanometres.

Lead researcher Dr Paul Chazot (left), who has spent 20 years of studying particular infrared wavelengths for dementia treatment, pictured with GP Dr Gordon Dougal, who devised the helmet and Tracy Sloan who used it to improve her memory.

The study saw 14 healthy Britons, aged 45 and over, wear the helmet for six minutes twice a day for one month, with infrared light was beamed into their brains at a wavelength of 1068 nanometres.

They said the 'rapid improvement in memory performance' suggests infrared light treatment could be a 'game-changing therapy' for people with dementia.

He added: 'Much more research is needed to fully understand the mechanism of action.' Research has shown wavelengths of infrared light help reverse nerve cell damage in dementia patients.

Lead researcher Dr Paul Chazot, who has spent 20 years of studying particular infrared wavelengths for dementia treatment, said: 'We've shown what appears to be real improvements in memory and other neurological processes for healthy people when their brains are exposed to a specific wavelength of infrared light for consistent, short periods of time.

'While this is a pilot study and more research is needed, there are promising indications that therapy involving infrared light might also be beneficial for people living with dementia and this is worth exploring.

Last year a study in the US on 228 people found infrared treatment had a positive effect on people with mild to moderate dementia.

The Alzheimer’s Society reports there are more than 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK today, of which more than 500,000 have Alzheimer's

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