Focus on Sleep Hygiene

• Sleep hygiene is a set of habits or practices that help you get healthy restorative sleep
• Dr. Carleara Weiss researches the connection between sleep and brain health and using behavioral interventions to treat insomnia in cancer survivors
• Many cancer survivors struggle with sleep during and after treatment
• Poor sleep is linked to:

1. Brain & mental health problems, anxiety, depression 
2. Inflammation
3. Weakened immune functioning
4. Higher risk for some cancers, worse outcomes for some cancer survivors