Article: Natural Health: Melatonin; Aids depression and helps prevent cancer

Article: Miraculous melatonin.(hormone)
Cosmopolitan;  July 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......consequently, breast cancer. Some women...levels of melatonin and are therefore...Women with breast cancer seem to have...levels of melatonin, says Dr...that cuts melatonin output. In countries where breast cancer is rare...

Article: Jet-lag link with breast cancer revealed
The Scotsman;  August 21, 1998 ;     340 words ......checking the levels of melatonin in flight attendants with breast cancer. Dr John Toy, the...discover the effects of melatonin on breast cancer. He confirmed that...prevent them getting breast cancer. "Melatonin is not harmless and...

Article: Melatonin and breast cancer: a prospective study.(Abstracts of Interest)(Brief Article)
Original Internist;  June 1, 2004 ;     300 words ......relationship between melatonin levels and breast cancer risk. The authors...protective role for melatonin in the development of breast cancer, but the few human...Travis R, et al. Melatonin and breast cancer; A prospective study...

Article: Jetlag Linked to Breast Cancer in Air Hostesses
Xinhua English Newswire;  August 21, 1998 ;     188 words ......the hormone melatonin, may be to blame...attendants with breast cancer should have...jetlag, and lower melatonin than those without breast cancer." Dr Mawson...the growth of breast-cancer cells is slowed by melatonin, and there is...

Article: Expert suggests a link between jetlag and increased risk of breast cancer.
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 21, 1998 ;     612 words ......was behind the link with breast cancer. Melatonin is produced by the pineal...prevent oestrogen-responsive breast cancer, melatonin slowed the spread of cancers...hope it will help prevent breast cancer. Melatonin is not harmless and can...

Article: New breast cancer study findings reported from University of Cantabria, Medical Department.(Report)
Cancer Weekly;  October 7, 2008 ;     452 words ......mechanisms by which melatonin inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells point to an...clinical applications of melatonin in breast cancer. Gonzalez and colleagues...modulator actions of melatonin in human breast cancer cells. Journal of...

Article: Reengineering the Birth Control Pill; Fairfax Firm Hopes to Cut Risk of Breast Cancer by Using Hormone Melatonin
The Washington Post;  December 22, 1995 ;     700+ words ......hypothesis that melatonin had a relationship to breast cancer, but his work...the idea that a melatonin-based drug could...reducing the risk of breast cancer. Along the way...of developing breast cancer. Melatonin is produced by...

Article: Drug of darkness: can a pineal hormone head off everything from breast cancer to aging? (melatonin)
Science News;  May 13, 1995 ;     700+ words ......head off everything from breast cancer to aging? The camera closes...rely on a synthetic form of melatonin. Discovered in 1959, melatonin occurs naturally throughout...dusk or darkness triggers melatonin production and sunlight inhibits...

Article: melatonin
Better Nutrition;  January 1, 2006 ;     625 words ......evidence that melatonin enhances...particularly the breast cancer drug tamoxifen...have lower melatonin levels and...higher risk of breast cancer. Although...with higher melatonin levels are...likely to have breast cancer while those...

Article: Study finds no link between melatonin levels and decreased cancer risk.
Cancer Weekly;  April 6, 2004 ;     176 words ......the hormone melatonin and decreased breast cancer risk in women...metabolite of melatonin in the urine...diagnosed with breast cancer with those...the level of melatonin is associated...the risk for breast cancer. However, they...

Article: Night light isn't the right light to work in: Change in level of melatonin could increase risk for cancer
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  January 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ......shiftwork to breast cancer - had little...support this "melatonin hypothesis...of a light-melatonin-cancer link...lifetime risk of breast cancer, would not...speculates that melatonin may fight breast cancer by interfering...

Article: STUDIES INDICATE THAT WORKING AT NIGHT INCREASES THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER THE EXPOSURE TO LIGHT WHILE DOING NIGHT WORK DECREASES THE PRODUCTION OF MELATONIN, MAY BE CANCER RISK FACTOR.(FRONT)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  January 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ......night disrupts melatonin production in...which found breast cancer risk was slightly...shift work to breast cancer - had little data to support this melatonin hypothesis. It...mechanics of melatonin are far from...speculates that melatonin may fight breast ...

Article: Studies from A. Cucina et al add new findings in the area of breast cancer cell biology.
Cancer Weekly;  March 3, 2009 ;     461 words ......pathway induced by melatonin in MCF-7 breast cancer cells,' new data...demonstrated that melatonin exerts an oncostatic...estrogen-responsive breast cancer, both in vitro...pathway induced by melatonin in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Journal...

Article: Scientists link breast cancer to artificial light
The Independent - London;  August 1, 1999 ;     273 words ......of developing breast cancer than fully sighted...explore the role of melatonin, a hormone produced...helping to prevent breast cancer. Doctors are now convinced that breast cancer is a disease of...non-industrialised countries. Melatonin is thought to...suggest may spur ...