Melatonin Improves Sleep Quality, but Not Insulin Resistance, for Night Shift Workers
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 -- Melatonin treatment improves sleep quality but does not improve insulin resistance after 12 weeks of administration in rotating night shift (NS) workers, according to a study published in the January issue of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How to dim the consequences of global light pollution
Key takeawaysGlobal light pollution has increased sharply over the past three decades and rises about 10% more each year. Light pollution disturbs human and animal health and behavior. Artificial light can disrupt humans ’ biological clocks and cultural traditions and increases hazards when driving and walking. Too much light at the wrong time can confuse animals and interfere with natural life cycles and patterns.A new report outlines measures that can preserve natural darkness and combat light impacts.Our ancestors could look up and see the Milky Way — our galaxy — as a large band of white light stretching across...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 20, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Ex-Indiana day care director gets 6 months in jail for giving kids melatonin
A former day care director in Indiana has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to giving melatonin gummies to children without their parents’ consent to get them to sleep (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Experts say all anti-aging routines are pointless without one secret ingredient - and it costs nothing
All the creams in the world won't help your skin if you're lacking hormones like melatonin, which combat UV damage and free radicals that age the skin. Thankfully, there's a quick fix for that. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Factors contributing to U.S. parents' decisions to administer melatonin to children - Hartstein LE, Garrison MM, Lewin D, Boergers J, Hiraki BK, Harsh JR, LeBourgeois MK.
OBJECTIVE: Pediatric melatonin use is increasingly prevalent in the U.S. despite limited research on its efficacy and long-term safety. The current study investigated factors contributing to parents' decisions whether to give children melatonin. ME... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Quantity of melatonin and CBD in melatonin gummies sold in the US - Cohen PA, Avula B, Wang YH, Katragunta K, Khan I.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, melatonin was used by an estimated 1.3% of children in the US, most commonly for sleep, stress, and relaxation. Despite the lack of high-quality evidence to support melatonin's efficacy for these indications in healthy child... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
What parents need to know before giving kids melatonin
Research shows nearly 1 in 5 school-age children are using melatonin to help them sleep. But these supplements are unregulated and pediatricians worry about their safety and the dose.(Image credit: Aya Koike/Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - December 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maria Godoy Source Type: news
Melatonin commonly taken by kids not a magic bullet, pediatricians say
New research says it's becoming "exceedingly common" for children and teens in the U.S. to take melatonin supplements for sleep, a trend some Canadian pediatricians are watching with caution in this country. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents now using melatonin to sleep, researchers say
The American Academy of Pediatrics urges parents to discuss sleep issues with their child’s pediatrician before trying melatonin. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Linda Searing Source Type: news
As Child Melatonin Use Soars, Experts Urge Caution
Melatonin supplements are promoted as affordable over-the-counter sleep aids, but the evidence is not clear as their use in children soars and ERs and poison control centers deal with more child cases. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Melatonin Use Common in U.S. Children and Adolescents
MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2023 -- Melatonin use is common in U.S. children and adolescents, according to a research letter published online Nov. 13 in JAMA Pediatrics.
Lauren E. Hartstein, Ph.D., from the University of Colorado in Boulder, and colleagues... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Melatonin Use Skyrockets Among U.S. Kids, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2024 -- Record numbers of children and tweens now take melatonin for sleep, potentially doing harm to their development, a new study warns.
Nearly one in five school-aged kids are popping melatonin to help them rest, often with... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Experts 'sound the alarm' after finding a fifth of children in the US now take melatonin for sleep - despite growing concern about health risks
Nearly 20 percent of five- to 13-year-olds take melatonin, ballooning from just one percent six years ago and causing scientists to 'sound the alarm' over its increasingly common usage. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Melatonin Use Common Among Kids
(MedPage Today) -- Melatonin use among children ages 1 to 13 years was common, an online survey of parents showed.
The prevalence of melatonin consumption in the past 30 days was 5.6% in preschoolers, 18.5% in school-age kids ages 5 to 9, and... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - November 13, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Sleep like a baby in seconds by eating this delicious fruit before bed
The fruit can boost the production of melatonin - the sleep hormone - in the body. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
