Sleep and Cancer 2

Sleep Talk - Talking all things sleep

Jul 30, 2018•31 min•Ep. 29

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Episode description

Sleep and work patterns can impact on cancer risk as well as the response to cancer treatments. In this episode we talk to Assistant Professor Peter James from Harvard Medical School about his paper on cancer risk and night-time light exposure and discuss previous research on nurses working night shift showing an increased risk of breast cancer. We also introduce the field of chronotherapeutics, matching individual circadian rhythms to drug dosing to optimise outcomes and minimise side effects.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline:

00:00 - 00:37 Introduction
00:37 - 03:55 What's news in sleep?
- Golden Door - Guest Speaker
- Poor sleep and Alzheimer’s risk
03:55 -23:43 Theme - Sleep and Cancer
- 03:55 - 04:18 Introduction
- 04:18 - 07:12 Cancer risk in shift workers
- 07:12 - 19:55 Interview - Peter James - night time light exposure and cancer risk in shift workers
- 19:55 - 23:30 Chronotherapeutics
- 23:30 - 23:43 More information in sleep in cancer
23:43 - 25:17 Clinical tip: Coping with shift work
25:17 - 28:54 Pick of the month:
- 25:17 - 27:34 David - Chronotype and mortality
- 27:34 - 28:54 Moira - Headspace and Smiling Mind apps
28:54 - 30:46 What's coming up in sleep?

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