Health Professionals

Sleep Talk: Episode 30 – Traumatic Brain Injury
Sleep problems are very common in people with traumatic brain injury. What can sleep problems in this group and what can be done about them?
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Sleep Talk: Episode 29 – Sleep and Cancer 2
The body clock is important in cancer, with shift workers exposed to light at night having increased cancer risk, and the emerging field of chronotherapeutics changing the way we think about the timing of chemotherapy to improve the effectiveness of cancer treatments.
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Sleep Talk: Episode 28 – Sleep and Cancer 1
Sleep problems are very common in people with cancer. What can be done to help address sleep difficulties in people with cancer?
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Sleep Talk: Episode 27 – Hyperarousal
How you think and behave during the day impacts on sleep and can result in the brain being over stimulated at night. This is hyperarousal. How does it impact sleep and what can be done about it?
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Sleep Talk: Episode 26 – Sleep Around the World
Understanding sleep beliefs and behaviours in different cultures can help better understand your own beliefs about sleep, and in turn change your expectations around sleep.
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Sleep Talk: Episode 25 – Jet Lag
What can be done to reduce the effects of jet lag? We discuss a range of strategies from using apps to manage light exposure to what airlines are doing to have passengers arriving fresh at their destination.
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Sleep Talk: Episode 24 – Sleep Economics
Economics can help to quantify the cost of inadequate sleep to the community, and can also help with designing systems that promote health sleep.
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Sleep Talk: Episode 23 – Sleep in special needs children
Sleep can be challenging in children with special needs and this can impact on their health and the family as a whole. We talk about why sleep is hard, and strategies for improving sleep.
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Sleep Talk: Episode 22 – How to treat sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is common and can cause significant symptoms. But how can it be treated and how do you decide what treatment to use?  
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Sleep Talk: Episode 21 – Why treat sleep apnea?
Many people are seen to have snoring and periods of stopping breathing during sleep. But does everyone who has sleep apnea need treatment?
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