Cancer Survivors’ Sleep Is Affected Long After Treatment
Harvard Health: A study of people who had been diagnosed with cancer almost a decade ago found that 51% reported that their sleep had been disturbed over the prior month.
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Online CBT-I Program Adapted for Young Adults Helps Cancer Survivors Correct Maladaptive Sleep Habits That Can Develop During Cancer Treatments
The insomnia intervention tested in the study is known as SHUTi (Sleep Healthy Using the Internet) was developed by researchers at the University of Virginia and adapted for adolescents and young adult cancer survivors by the study investigators.
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