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.

Leave a review and subscribe via iTunesAudio 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?

Next episode: Traumatic Brain Injury Links mentioned in the podcast: 
Golden Door guest speaker program
One night of bad sleep will give you Alzheimer's
NHS response regarding Alzheimer’s and poor sleep
Original article on beta-amyloid accumulation in the brain after one night of sleep deprivation
Nurse’s Health Study - breast cancer risk 2001
Nurse’s Health Study 2 - breast cancer risk 2006
Assistant Prof Peter James profile
Cancer risk and night-time light exposure in shift workers
Review of chronotherapuetics
Chronotype and mortality
Headspace app
Smiling Mind
Sleep 2018 meeting - Baltimore June 2018
SEAASM 4th International meeting - Lucknow October 2018
Sleep Down Under meeting - Brisbane October 2018

<p>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.</p>
<p>Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.</p>
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<h2>Audio Timeline:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<div>00:00 - 00:37 Introduction</div>
</li>
<li>00:37 - 03:55 What's news in sleep?
<ul>
<li>Golden Door - Guest Speaker</li>
<li>Poor sleep and Alzheimer&rsquo;s risk</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>03:55 -23:43 Theme&nbsp;- Sleep and Cancer
<ul>
<li>03:55 - 04:18 Introduction</li>
<li>04:18 - 07:12 Cancer risk in shift workers</li>
<li>07:12 - 19:55 Interview - Peter James - night time light exposure and cancer risk in shift workers</li>
<li>19:55 - 23:30 Chronotherapeutics</li>
<li>23:30 - 23:43 More information in sleep in cancer</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>23:43 - 25:17 Clinical tip: Coping with shift work</li>
<li>25:17 - 28:54 Pick&nbsp;of the month:
<ul>
<li>25:17 - 27:34 David - Chronotype and mortality</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>27:34 - 28:54 Moira - Headspace and&nbsp;Smiling Mind apps</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>28:54 - 30:46 What's coming up in sleep?</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Next episode: Traumatic Brain Injury&nbsp;</strong></p>
<h2>Links mentioned in the podcast:&nbsp;</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goldendoor.com.au/golden-door-health-retreat-elysia/our-program/guest-speakers/">Golden Door guest speaker program</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6010521/one-bad-nights-sleep-increases-risk-alzheimers-dementia/">One night of bad sleep will give you Alzheimer's</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/news/neurology/dont-lose-sleep-over-reports-one-bad-night-can-spark-dementia/">NHS response regarding Alzheimer&rsquo;s and poor sleep</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/03/29/1721694115">Original article on beta-amyloid accumulation in the brain after one night of sleep deprivation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11604480/">Nurse&rsquo;s Health Study - breast cancer risk 2001</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16357603/">Nurse&rsquo;s Health Study 2 - breast cancer risk 2006</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.populationmedicine.org/node/85055">Assistant Prof Peter James profile</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ehp935/">Cancer risk and night-time light exposure in shift workers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5666849/pdf/ijms-18-02168.pdf">Review of chronotherapuetics</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07420528.2018.1454458">Chronotype and mortality</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.headspace.com">Headspace app</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smilingmind.com.au">Smiling Mind</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sleepmeeting.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sleep 2018 meeting</a> - Baltimore June 2018</li>
<li><a href="http://www.seaasm.org/4th-conference-icsd-2018.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SEAASM 4th International meeting</a> - Lucknow October 2018</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sleepdownunder.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sleep Down Under meeting</a> - Brisbane October 2018</li>
</ul>

Sleep Talk is the place to get quality, evidence-based information on sleep and sleep disorders from experts in the field. Each month Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) discuss a sleep topic and interview experts in the field as well as highlighting what has caught their eye in the world of sleep.

Tune in each month for information on health sleep and sleep disorders.

Sleep Talk - Talking all things sleep

Sleep Talk is the place to get quality, evidence-based information on sleep and sleep disorders from experts in the field. Each month Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) discuss a sleep topic and interview experts in the field as well as highlighting what has caught their eye in the world of sleep. Brought to you by SleepHub.com.au

Sleep Talk

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.