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Complementary Therapies for Pain

By Canadian Cancer Society

Complementary therapies can be used to help with pain. These methods draw your attention away from the pain and release muscle tension caused by pain.

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Mental Health and Hypnosis

Hypnosis is usually considered an aid to psychotherapy (counseling or therapy), because the hypnotic state allows people to explore painful thoughts, feelings, and memories they might have hidden from their conscious minds.

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6 Surprising Health Benefits of Hypnosis

“In healthcare, hypnosis can be used as a psychological treatment to help you experience changes in sensations, perceptions, thoughts, or behaviors. It’s done in a clinical setting and performed by a trained, licensed healthcare professional, like a psychologist or a physician,” says Alison T.

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Types of Complementary Therapies

When you discuss a complementary therapy with your health care team and they agree that it is safe to try as part of your overall cancer care, this is called “integrative medicine.”

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Sleep Apnea and Cancer: Is There a Link, and in What Cases?

A study looking at the data of thousands of participants suggests that there may be a link between severe sleep apnea and the likelihood of developing cancer. However, this link appears to be stronger in women.

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Cancer Survivorship: Insomnia and Sleep Disturbance

Many cancer patients face sleep problems, such as difficulty fall­ing asleep, frequent nighttime waking, rising too early in the morning, or excessive sleeping during the day.

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Sleeping Less than 6 Hours May Raise Risk of Cancer, Even Death

Not getting enough sleep may put some people at risk for much more than being drowsy the next day, a new study says.

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How Does Sleep Influence Cancer Risk?

Getting enough sleep is important for overall health and may be related to cancer risk.

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Sleep Problems

People with cancer sometimes have an increased risk for sleep problems because of treatment effects and other factors. It's important to know why sleep problems can happen, what can be done to help manage them, and when to ask for help.

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Insomnia Common Among Cancer Patients

Roughly half of patients with cancer have symptoms of insomnia, and many may have sleep problems that linger for at least a year, a small study suggests. The most common malignancies were breast cancer, tumors of the prostate or testicles, and colorectal cancer.

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Cancer and Sleep

As knowledge has grown about sleep’s integral role in overall health, many sleep scientists have turned their attention to how sleep and cancer are connected.

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