sleep tips for mesothelioma

Living with mesothelioma is stressful. Stress is one of many factors that can disrupt sleep. And if you are coping with mesothelioma, you need your sleep. But lack of sleep may have adverse effects beyond just making you feel crabby. It may spike tumor growth. A groundbreaking study on the effect of interrupted sleep on tumor growth recently was published in the Journal of Cancer Research. Dr. Fahed Hakim and his research team at the University of Chicago experimented on two groups of mice. The control group was allowed to sleep normally. The other group was repeatedly wakened. After a week, … [Read more...]