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Article: CHECKUP : NEWS, TIPS AND TRENDS RESEARCHERS CONTINUE TO QUESTION MELATONIN'S EFFECTS.(L.A. LIFE)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- August 26, 1996
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A week after government researchers said that the public should avoid using melatonin - the popular supplement that has been promoted to help people sleep and overcome jet lag - British researchers now report that the hormonal supplement disrupts, rather than aids, sleeping rhythms.
In a new study of 10 healthy men in their 20s who were kept in a closed environment and allowed to follow their normal sleep patterns, some experienced disturbed sleeping rhythms after taking melatonin, reported lead author Dr. Benita Middleton of the University of Surrey in Guildford, England.
Sleep patterns returned to normal soon after the men stopped taking melatonin, ...