Melatonin is being touted as the latest cure-all. But in their eagerness to explain to the public the possible health benefits of this natural hormone, the mass media as well as some scientists have misrepresented the scientific data.
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Turek, F. Melatonin hype hard to swallow. Nature 379, 295–296 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/379295a0
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