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Cancer and Sleep

By Eric Suni — 2020

As knowledge has grown about sleep’s integral role in overall health, many sleep scientists have turned their attention to how sleep and cancer are connected.

Read on www.sleepfoundation.org

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Cancer Treatment and Sleep Disorders

Early stage breast cancer patient talks about how her cancer treatment was put on hold because of heart problems caused by sleep apnea. The sleep disorder clinic at M.D. Anderson treated her, and discusses a variety of sleep issues in those diagnosed with and treated for cancer.

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2007
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Quick Guide on Insomnia for Metastatic Breast Cancer Survivors

This video covers the side effect of insomnia that Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) patients may experience. The video covers what insomnia is, ways to cope, and possible medications for short-term treatment.

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2021
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Cancer Transitions: Sleep

This video is part of the Cancer Transitions series from CancerControl Alberta. In this video, psychologist and sleep specialist, Dr. Sheila Garland, explains some of the causes of sleep problems during cancer treatments and recovery.

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2017
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Tai Chi Helps Breast Cancer Survivors with Insomnia | UCLA Health Newsroom

A low-cost, widely available forming of movement meditation – tai chi – helps relieve insomnia symptoms in breast cancer survivors. A study led by Dr.

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2017
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Say Good Night to Insomnia

For the past ten years, sleep-deprived Americans have found natural, drug-free relief from insomnia with the help of Dr. Gregg D. Jacobs’s Say Good Night to Insomnia.

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Gregg D. Jacobs
2025
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Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness as a Soul Journey

This is a book for any person who is living with a life-threatening illness and for anyone who is caring for and/or loves a person who is ill. Bolen affirms that the price of going into the scary places, of feeling like a piece of green meat on a hook, is high, but worth it. We have no choice.

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Jean Shinoda Bolen
2007
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The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep

For Dr. Guy Leschziner’s patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, apnea, and sleepwalking are just a sampling of conditions afflicting sufferers who cannot sleep―and their experiences in trying are the stuff of nightmares.

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Guy Leschziner
2019
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The Effortless Sleep Method: The Incredible New Cure for Insomnia and Chronic Sleep Problems

This highly practical and hugely effective method offers a simple and permanent solution for long-term and new insomniacs alike. The Effortless Sleep Method gives you something no other insomnia book can - an entirely different way of looking at insomnia.

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Sasha Stephens
2011
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What Almost Dying Taught Me about Living | Suleika Jaouad

“The hardest part of my cancer experience began once the cancer was gone,” says author Suleika Jaouad.

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2019
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Tips for Cancer Caregivers | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

During cancer treatment, the needs of the patient’s caregiver are often overlooked. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute social worker Nancy DiPerna explains why it’s important for caregivers to minimize stress in their own lives.

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2007
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