Impact of Sleep and Sleep Disturbances on Obesity and Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Redline, Susan (Editor), Berger, Nathan A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Energy Balance and Cancer ; 8
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Gene expression.; Human physiology.; Molecular biology.; Endocrinology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Human Physiology.; Molecular Medicine.; Gene Expression.

This volume on the Impact of Sleep and Sleep Disturbances on Obesity and Cancer continues the transdisciplinary approach of this series with chapters authored by the leading experts in this field, focused on the normal regulation of the restorative sleep associated processes across the lifespan, the...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Sleep Across the Lifespan
• Effects of Sleep Deficiency on Hormones, Cytokines, and Metabolism
• Sleep Disorders and Melatonin
• Biomedical Effects of Circadian Rhythm Disturbances
• Intermittent Hypoxia: Mechanistic Pathways Influencing Cancer
• Association of Sleep Apnea and Cancer: From Animal Studies to Human Epidemiological Data
• Shift Work, Obesity, and Cancer
• Sleep Disorders and Cancer Risk
• Contribution of Sleep Disturbance to Cancer Fatigue
• Sleep Disturbances in Cancer Survivors
• Sleep-focused interventions: Investigating the effects of sleep restriction on energy balance
• Index.