Published in Psychosomatic Medicine · View the paper (DOI)
A new study from Northwestern University finds that grieving spouses with sleep problems have a two-to-three times higher risk of chronic immune activation and increased inflammation, making them more susceptible to heart disease or cancer. Cognitive behavioral therapy is highly effective in treating sleep disturbances, and physicians ...
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Double whammy for grieving spouses with sleep problems Northwestern University · Nov 8, 2018 · first to report
- Grief linked to sleep disturbances that can be bad for the heart Rice University · Nov 9, 2018