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Rise in Melatonin Use for Children Causes Safety Warning 0
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- December 12, 2018
A growing number of children are being given melatonin to enable them to sleep. Some health professionals and researchers worry that, with little proof of long-term safety, melatonin is being used too frequently and for too long a duration. Melatonin, which occurs naturally in the body, plays an important role in the regulation of sleep-wake cycles, also
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A Natural Source Of Melatonin 0
- SLEEP
- September 6, 2018
Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland; it is shaped like a pine nut, thus its name. The pineal gland, also known as the conarium, kônarion or epiphysis cerebri, is a small endocrine gland located in the center of the vertebrate brain. The pineal gland produces melatonin, a serotonin-derived hormone which modulates sleep patterns in both circadian and seasonal cycles.
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