Medicine News | Medicine News and Information

melatonin

01/11/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Decreased melatonin disrupts the body clock and increases cancer risk: Night workers found to have highest risk

Should you quit the night shift? Research says that you probably should — if you’re a woman. That’s what a team of researchers in China found out: According to their study, women who work night shifts are at higher risk of certain cancers. The results determined that working the night shift increased the likelihood of […]

06/02/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Increasing number of parents are giving their children SLEEPING DRUGS due to chronic sleep problems

Nobody ever said parenting was easy. The challenges that come with raising a child are difficult yet manageable to some parents, and downright unbearable to others. One of these challenges — getting a child to sleep — can be so unbearable that a number of parents have turned to melatonin drugs to help them overcome […]

10/05/2015 / By Greg White

Top 10 foods that help you fall asleep naturally

Has sleep been eluding you lately? You’re not alone. More than 50 million Americans don’t get enough sleep. There are many reasons for insomnia, ranging from work-related stress to lower back pain. More than often, however, irregular sleeping patterns are caused by poor dietary habits. Many people resort to sleeping pills in an effort to […]

1 of 1