Can you receive cancer from lack of sleep?

Answer 1

Lack of adequate sleep can cause or aggravate many diseases and illnesses. Why? Because sleep deprivation weakens the immune system leaving the body open to attack from germs, viruses and a host of other nasty little bugs.

A recent study done at Stanford Medical Center indicates that there is a link between sleep and cancer. Two hormones were names in the study as possible links between sleep and cancer.

The first of these, melatonin, is secreted by the pineal gland situated in the brain. Melatonin helps to regulate sleep cycles. Lack of sleep hinders the production of this vital hormone that not only aids in sleep but also helps control the anti-oxidants that promote cancer-causing mutations in the cells.

Melatonin also inhibits to some extent the production of estrogen, which is known to cause breast and ovarian cancers.

The hormone cortisol, which is released in the body during stressed or agitated states, has gained widespread attention as the so-called "stress hormone." But this hormone is more than a simple marker of stress levels- it is necessary for the functioning of almost every part of the body. Excesses or deficiencies of this crucial hormone are also lead to various physical symptoms and disease states.

Cortisol also helps to regulate the activities of the immune system and the cells that fight and kill cancerous cells.

Many other studies add to the weight of the Stanford study. It has been shown that shift workers are more prone to breast cancer-.

Answer 2

A large, new study, for example, provides the latest in a flurry of evidence suggesting that the nation's obesity epidemic is being driven, at least in part, by a corresponding decrease in the average number of hours that Americans are sleeping, possibly by disrupting hormones that regulate appetite. The analysis of a nationally representative sample of nearly 10,000 adults found that those between the ages of 32 and 49 who sleep less than seven hours a night are significantly more likely to be obese.

The study follows a series of others that have found similar associations with other illnesses, including several reports from the Harvard-run Nurses' Health Study that has linked insufficient or irregular sleep to increased risk for colon cancer, breast cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Other research groups scattered around the country have subsequently found clues that might explain the associations, indications that sleep disruption affects crucial hormones and proteins that play roles in these diseases. The newest study on obesity, is just the latest to find that adults who sleep the least appear to be the most likely to gain weight and to become obese.even mild sleep deprivation quickly disrupts normal levels of the recently discovered hormones ghrelin and leptin, which regulate appetite. That fits with the theory that humans may be genetically wired to be awake at night only when they need to be searching for food or fending off danger -- circumstances when they would need to eat to have enough energy.In addition, studies show sleep-deprived people tend to develop problems regulating their blood sugar, which may put them at increased risk for diabetes.

Answer 3

It is possible, since studies suggest this. People still do not know very much about cancer (if they did, there would be a definite cure). However, changes, especially unhealthy changes in lifestyles may increase your risk of cancer. So, you are most likely not to get cancer from lack of sleep, but it may increase your chance, very slightly, if this happens on a regular basis. Sleep is very important!!

Answer 4

NO. Cancer results from tissue damage caused by chemicals or radiation. Or prolonged exposure to things like electromagnetic fields or sunlight. Insomnia or lack of sleep does not cause cancer like smoking does.

Answer 5

Yes a lack of sleep on a regular basis will give you cancer. You need at least 7 to 8 hours of sleep per night. Sleep helps your body fight off foreign substances and recharges your brain.

Answer 6

Lets put it this way: a cancer is caused by a mutated cell in the body. Any cell, EVEN GERM CELLS (think Germinomas (germ cell tumors)).

Science and common sense tells us that living a healthy lifestyle, getting the recommended amount of sleep, vitamins and exercise, not smoking or hanging around smokers ALL AID in keeping healthy cells.

Don't worry, your probably healthy, but its good that you think about your health in a country where most of the people just shove things in their mouths.

Answer 7

Not sure. But here is some encouraging latest news:

US scientists crack entire genetic code of breast and colon cancers

Research on cancer and the genetic code looks like it may at long last produce real breakthroughs

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Answer 8

All cancer is caused by hi-fives.

Answer 9

Studies suggest this. Don't cheat the sandman, catch yourself some vitamin Z, it will reward you in so many ways.

Answer 10

Ive never heard of this but if i were you id do some research