Is this the cure for sleepless nights? Scientists believe ear zapper could help banish insomnia
Scientists believe it works by stimulating the release of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin. One in three people in the UK suffers with insomnia (the inability to fall asleep at night) at some point. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Neural signatures of sleep recovery following melatonin treatment for pediatric concussion - Iyer K, Zalesky A, Cocchi L, Barlow KM.
Evidence-based treatments for children with persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) are few and limited. Common PPCS complaints such as sleep disturbance and fatigue could be ameliorated via the supplementation of melatonin, which has significant neurop... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Is It OK to Take Melatonin Every Night?
Title: Is It OK to Take Melatonin Every Night?Category: Health and LivingCreated: 6/26/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/26/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Sleep General)
Source: MedicineNet Sleep General - June 26, 2020 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news
Model May Help Predict Risk for Testing Positive for COVID - 19
Risk reduced with pneumococcal polysaccharide, flu vaccine; melatonin, paroxetine, or carvedilol use (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - June 25, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Infections, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, Journal, Source Type: news
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Could Be Messing With Your Sleep
COVID-19 and its associated quarantine have messed with pretty much every aspect of our lives. Work time, meal time, family time, play time; our moods, our stress level, our tolerance; our ability to spend so much as one more minute staring at the same four walls of the same den or living room or home office in which we spend most of our days.
And if you’re like plenty of people, the quarantine has also completely bollixed up your sleep cycle, wrecking what might have been the most predictable and peaceful eight hours of your day. Unless, that is, you’re like plenty of other people—and the quarantine has ...
Source: TIME: Health - June 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Melatonin and alcohol-related disorders - Kurhaluk N, Tkachenko H.
This review concerns the current knowledge of melatonin and alcohol-related disorders. Chronobiological effects of ethanol are related to melatonin suppression and in relation to inflammation, stress, free radical scavenging, autophagy and cancer risk. It ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Parents Are Relying on Melatonin to Help Their Kids Sleep. Should They?
A survey suggests that nearly half of children with difficulty sleeping have taken melatonin. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Caron Tags: Parenting Melatonin (Hormone) Sleep Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies Children and Childhood Insomnia Source Type: news
Stronger and Safer Than Any Vaccine …
The coronavirus exposed the fatal flaw of our mainstream health system: the misguided dependence on the U.S. government and Big Pharma to save the day.
Dozens of companies are now in a race to develop a coronavirus vaccine and treatment drugs — with billions of dollars in profits going to the winner.
I have news for you: The vaccine won’t stop this virus.
You can’t eradicate a virus like this with an external weapon like a vaccine, any more than you can eradicate seasonal flu or the common cold.
But you can make sure you never get the coronavirus in the first place — or any other disease-causing infecti...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - May 8, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr.A.Sears Tags: Health Source Type: news
Fight Viruses With … Sleep?
With the 24-hour news cycles spinning out of control these days, you may find yourself feeling way more stressed than usual. And that additional anxiety can lead to a lot of sleepless nights…
If there’s one thing these trying times will teach us, it’s that we need to take control of our own health. We can’t rely on the government, or Big Pharma or anyone else to do it for us. After all, self-reliance in hard times is the core of the American spirit.
Which means it’s up to each of us to protect and bolster our own immune system.
And one of the best – and easiest – ways to do this is by g...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - May 6, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr.A.Sears Tags: Health Source Type: news
Melatonin relations with energy metabolism as possibly involved in fatal mountain road traffic accidents - Behn C, De Gregorio N.
Previous results evidenced acute exposure to high altitude (HA) weakening the relation between daily melatonin cycle and the respiratory quotient. This review deals with the threat extreme environments pose on body time order, particularly concerning energ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Do urban fish exhibit impaired sleep?
(Forschungsverbund Berlin) Melatonin controls the body clock -- high melatonin levels make us feel tired in the evening. However, the hormone also plays an important role in animals' biological rhythms. Artificial light at night -- light pollution -- can suppress the production of melatonin in fish, even at very low light intensities, a finding established by researchers from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB). (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 3, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Supplements for Coronavirus Probably Won ’t Help, and May Harm
Worried Americans are scrambling to buy wellness products they think will protect against coronavirus. Some may do harm. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anahad O ’Connor Tags: Vitamins Quarantines Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies Colds Anxiety and Stress Diet and Nutrition Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Influenza Vitamin D Zinc Sleep Drugstores Herbs Health Foods Melatonin (Hormone) Source Type: news
Number of children with sleep disorders is increasing
The number of children taking melatonin for sleep disorders such as insomnia is increasing, due to a number of factors including obesity and mental health issues.Guardian (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - March 9, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Increase Seen in Melatonin Secretion After Cataract Surgery
FRIDAY, March 6, 2020 -- Cataract surgery seems to increase melatonin secretion in adults aged 60 years or older, according to a study published online March 5 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Tomo Nishi, M.D., Ph.D., from the Nara Medical University School... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 6, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
NIHR Signal: Melatonin shows potential for reducing delirium among older people after surgery
Expert commentary is provided of a systematic review and meta-analysis (6 studies; n=1155) which reported that taking melatonin around time of surgery is linked with lower odds of delirium onset in older people vs placebo or no treatment (~15% vs. ~20%). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
