By: DAVID J. HILL From: buffalo.edu Does the amount of sleep that breast cancer survivors get each night affect their odds of surviving? A new study led by UB researchers sought to examine the sleep duration and mortality link in a sample of more than 800 breast cancer survivors in Western New York. They report that sleep duration was not …
How to Sleep Comfortably After Breast Reconstruction with Tissue Expanders
By: Jenna Fletcher From: bezzybc.com Surgeons perform breast reconstruction surgery with tissue expanders to help make room for permanent breast implants. You may find that, following the procedure, you have trouble getting enough quality sleep. Discomfort, anxiety, and inability to sleep in a comfortable position can all affect the quality of your sleep. Taking steps to manage discomfort, find comfortable …
Sleep can be a cancer patient’s best elixir
By: Diane Mapes From: fredhutch.org Treatments, stress can be challenges to getting consistent, quality sleep; talk to your doctor if you’re tossing and turning Everyone diagnosed with cancer has access to a powerful tool that can help them stay strong and remain calm, all while encouraging their body’s immune system to seek out and destroy every cancer cells it finds. …
Yoga-Based Breathing Exercise Improved Radiotherapy-Induced Sleep Quality in Breast Cancer
By: Jennifer Larson From: oncologynurseadvisor.com Integrating a daily short yoga-based deep breathing practice can improve sleep quality and decrease fatigue in women with breast cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy, according to study findings recently published in Oncology Nursing Forum. Fatigue and poor sleep quality are common adverse effects of radiation therapy, and can negatively affect quality of life for …
Sleep Is Your Best Friend as a Breast Cancer Survivor
View PostNew CancerCare Meditation App Helps People Affected by Cancer Manage Symptoms and Maintain Emotional Balance
The app was created in partnership between BodyMind Sessions and CancerCare. It is available now foriPhone and iPad. An Android version is in development. BodyMind Sessions, in partnership with CancerCare, has launched a free new app called “CancerCare Meditation” that aims to help people affected by cancer manage the symptoms of treatment, release anxiety, achieve deep and restful sleep, and …
10 Tips for Better Sleep
From: Home Care Assistance It seems that the medical community is latching onto the classic adage, “The bed is only for sleep and sex.” In a recent presentation, Dr. M. Safwan Badr, President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, elicited both laughter and applause when he announced, “I say the bed is for two things that begin with the letter S, …
Why do we sleep? To clean our brains, say US scientists
by Ian Sample, Science correspondent appearing in theguardian.com Scientists in the US claim to have a new explanation for why we sleep: in the hours spent slumbering, a rubbish disposal service swings into action that cleans up waste in the brain. Through a series of experiments on mice, the researchers showed that during sleep, cerebral spinal fluid is pumped around …
Shocking Sleep Deprivation Effects You Need to Know
What is Sleep Deprivation By Harleena Singh It is the condition of being deprived of sleep or not having enough sleep. Usually it is the cumulative deficiency of sleep over a period of time. Everything is alright until the sleep deprivation effects emerge in the form of physical and psychiatric symptoms. Sleep deprivation also affects your emotional behavior and social …
Camp Kesem – For Kids Who Have Lost a Parent to Cancer
From our friends at Camp Kesem.org. I am reaching out to Mom, Dad and cancer bloggers for their support in promoting Camp Kesem’s “Give a Laugh” campaign this coming Mother’s and Father’s Day—see below and attached for details about the campaign. Would you consider helping us by sharing the Camp Kesem story and promoting our “Give a Laugh” campaign in …
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