Whilst alcohol and cigarettes are known for causing long-term health issues, even going on your phone could cause long-term ...

TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For night shift workers, melatonin supplementation seems to improve oxidative DNA damage repair capacity, according to a study published online Feb. 24 ...

What time you take melatonin also matters, says Brandon Peters, MD, a board-certified neurologist and sleep medicine physician based in Seattle. “It’s often misused as a sleep aid taken at ...

Objectives A decreased ability to repair oxidative DNA damage, due to melatonin suppression, is a compelling mechanism by which night shift workers are at an increased risk of cancer. We sought to ...

Melatonin supplementation may help offset the DNA damage associated with night shift work by boosting the body's ability to repair it, suggest the findings of a small clinical trial published online ...

While melatonin supplements might not completely “reverse” years of DNA damage from poor sleep, they do appear to boost the body’s natural repair processes – a hopeful sign that improved ...

A recent Canadian study suggests that melatonin, the sleep-regulating hormone, may help reverse some DNA damage caused by poor sleep, particularly in night-shift workers. Melatonin, a powerful ...

As you may know, melatonin is a hormone that your brain creates naturally in response to darkness, per the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). Melatonin can help with the ...

A Canadian study suggests that melatonin, a sleep-regulating hormone, may help repair DNA damage caused by poor sleep, especially in night-shift workers. Researchers found that melatonin supplements ...

Melatonin can help with the timing of your circadian rhythms (a.k.a. your internal clock), and can help you fall asleep. But the DNA repair element is a totally new health perk.