by Barbara Brody, Rutgers University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Can you be addicted to chocolate? What about Pilates or checking your email? Although many of us use the word “addiction” fairly casually, from a medical perspective it requires meeting very specific criteria, and melatonin doesn’t have the chemical makeup to induce addiction in most people....
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Weighted blankets found to increase melatonin
by Elin Bäckström, Uppsala University Overview of the randomized, counterbalanced within-subjects design. Boxes highlighted in gray illustrate the two at-home adaptation phases (i.e., day 1 to 3 and day 6 to 9); in blue, the sole adaptation night (day 4); and in orange, the two experimental days (days 5 and 10). Credit: Journal of Sleep Research (2022)....
5 Melatonin Side Effects You Should Know About
Written by Sheila McAdoo, PharmD | Reviewed by Christina Aungst, PharmD Published on June 13, 2022 Key takeaways: Melatonin is a hormone that regulates your sleep-wake cycle. It’s commonly available as a dietary supplement. Daytime sleepiness is the most common side effect people experience while taking melatonin. Other potential side effects include sleep changes, headache,...
Higher dose of melatonin improved sleep in older adults
by Harvard University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a small study of healthy adults aged 55 and older, 5 mg of melatonin increased total sleep time compared to a placebo. Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital conducted the study in 24 healthy, older adults to evaluate whether a high-dose or a low-dose melatonin supplement could improve sleep. The team...
Deprived of Sleep, Many Turn to Melatonin Despite Risks
Laura Lillie April 19, 2022 Can’t sleep? When slumber doesn’t come naturally, some are turning to melatonin, an over-the-counter sleep aid that often is mistaken for a supplement. This powerful hormone plays an important role in human biology, and specialists are questioning whether increasing levels could be doing more harm than good. A new investigation launched by the...
Melatonin exacerbates asthma
by ResearchSEA The serum concentration of melatonin reaches maximum at night. Melatonin enhances airway smooth muscle contraction, which could worsen asthma symptoms. Credit: Kentaro Mizuta et al. Asthma sufferers generally find their condition gets worse at night. Now, a research group may understand why. Melatonin, a sleep hormone that is sometimes prescribed to treat insomnia,...
Melatonin shown to protect kidney damage caused by obesity with diabetes
by University of Granada Dr. Ahmad Agil. Credit: University of Granada Scientists from the University of Granada (UGR), the Hospital Universitario La Paz (Madrid), and the University of Texas (U.S.) have taken an important step in the fight against kidney damage and its progression toward kidney failure, which is closely related to diabesity (obesity with type...
Melatonin increases overall survival of prostate cancer patients
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC IMAGE: OVERALL SURVIVAL CURVES OF PATIENTS WITH POOR PROGNOSIS PCA DEPENDING ON THE INTAKE OF MELATONIN (LOG RANK TEST < 0.0001). CREDIT: CORRESPONDENCE TO – VLADIMIR N. ANISIMOV – [email protected] Oncotarget recently published “Melatonin increases overall survival of prostate cancer patients with poor prognosis after combined hormone radiation treatment” which reported that a retrospective study included...
Melatonin produced in the lungs prevents infection by novel coronavirus
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO IMAGE: THE HORMONE ACTS AS A BARRIER AGAINST SARS-COV-2, BLOCKING THE EXPRESSION OF GENES THAT ENCODE PROTEINS IN CELLS SERVING AS VIRAL ENTRY POINTS, ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO CREDIT: NIAD/NIH By Elton Alisson | Agência FAPESP- Melatonin synthesized...
Researchers find melatonin is effective against polycystic kidney disease
by Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia University Chiara Gamberi (left) and Cassandra Millet-Boureima: “I hope there will be more research on the drugs we tested and that we get more results that will help the polycystic kidney disease community.” Credit: Concordia University A hormone commonly associated with sleep-wake regulation has been found to reduce cysts in fruit flies, according to...