These days, many health conscious people are taking melatonin supplements as an alternative to prescription sleeping pills to get a good night's sleep. But not everyone likes swallowing pills. Enter ...

This is a MedPage Today story. Nearly 9 in 10 melatonin gummy brands were mislabeled, a laboratory analysis showed. Of 25 gummy products analyzed, 22 (88%) were inaccurately labeled, with only three ...

Getting a good night’s rest is at the top of many people’s minds. There are those lucky individuals who fall asleep the moment their heads hit the pillow at night, but then there are those who don’t ...

“Melatonin supplements are widely thought of as a safe and ‘natural’ option to support better sleep, so it was striking to ...

The chewy melatonin gummies that many people take before bedtime to promote sleep may contain far more of the hormone than what’s printed on the label, a study shows. The findings, published as a ...

They taste like candy and promise a better night of sleep. Melatonin gummy vitamins sound too good to be true, especially for parents of sleepless children — and they may very well be. In a new ...

Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland, which is nestled at the base of the brain just below the hypothalamus. Many living things, from humans to plants to fungi and bacteria, make melatonin, a ...

Is melatonin ever appropriate? Yes. Dr. Klein says it’s safe starting at age 2, though definitely loop in your pediatrician before age 3. It can be genuinely helpful for jet lag, for kids with ...