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aren't there special lights that can be used for SAD?

Why use a tanning bed for that purpose? I can definitely understand that some people might need special lights to help deal with seasonal affective disorder in Alaska. My mom worked in Anchorage for a couple of years (several decades ago) and she found it very difficult to get used to the very short winter days (sunrise at morning coffee break, sunset at afternoon coffee break!). But why use a tanning bed for this purpose? I noticed that point came up a couple of times in the story as people were trying to spin the whole thing but I thought it was pretty weak!

Who knows, maybe this will become a big story but I found it most useful as an illustration of the process of journalism.

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