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9 Wellness Trends to Ditch in 2023
In 2022, social media inspired many of the ways we tried to get and stay healthy—but not always for the better. Weight-loss drugs spread like wildfire online, as did our collective agreement to stop going the extra mile at work. We turned to Dr. TikTok again and again, and focused perhaps too much on body image—even when we tried to keep things positive. The new year is the perfect time to re-evaluate these habits, experts say. Here are nine wellness trends you’d be better off ditching in 2023—plus healthier alternatives. Weight-loss shots Ozempic and Wegovy, two weight-loss injections that are used...
Source: TIME: Health - December 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Research Wellbeing Source Type: news

Medical News Today: ADHD supplements: Are they effective?
Research suggests that certain supplements, including melatonin, zinc, and vitamin D, may help treat some of the symptoms of ADHD. Learn more here.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD / ADD Source Type: news

Melatonin: the body's natural sleep-promoting hormone
Prescriptions for short periods are considered safe, but there is little research into the long-term effectsIn daylight hours there is so little melatonin in the bloodstream that it is barely detectable. But when the sun goes down, the eyes sense the failing light, and part of the hippocampus signals the pineal gland, a pea-sized lump of tissue near the centre of the brain, to ramp up production of the sleep-promoting hormone. Levels of melatonin rise sharply from 9pm, inducing feelings of sleepiness, and remain high until the following morning.Much of the research on prescribing melatonin for children with sleep problems ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Tags: Science Sleep Child protection Health & wellbeing Children Social care Society UK news Source Type: news

Learn How To Sleep Like A Baby
Sleep like a baby. It's what we all strive for, now that we know how important sleep is. It's that feeling that you have just come out of the deepest, most pleasant, and refreshing moments of your life, and not a sound, a light, or care in the world could have disturbed you. One natural way to get that feeling is through the build-up of sleep pressure, or slow waves (brain rhythms), which involves maximal use of your brain when you are awake. This is something babies "learn" to do over the first year of life. Newborns sleep about 16 hours a day, but as they age they develop a homeostatic mechanism that balances their in...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 21, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Melatonin for children — 5 things to know
Your child’s lack of sleep is beginning to affect her school performance. You’ve tried to establish a consistent bedtime, to no avail. You’re half-crazy with sleep deprivation yourself tending to her insomnia. You’ve heard melatonin — a natural hormone — can help. Perhaps your pediatrician has already recommended it. But is it really beneficial, and can your child take it safely? Thriving checked in with Dr. Judith Owens, director of the Sleep Center at Boston Children’s Hospital, and her answer is: Probably. But we don’t really know for sure. What is melatonin? The melatonin available over the counter at ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - February 16, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Nancy Fliesler Tags: Ask the Expert Kids' Safety Judith Owens melatonin sleep Source Type: news

What We Know (And Don't Know) About Melatonin's Effects On Kids
In increasing numbers, parents around the country are turning to over-the-counter melatonin in hopes that the drug will help their kids sleep better. But how effective -- and how safe -- is it? Science doesn't yet point to clear answers. Here's where we stand. What we do know is that the melatonin parents are purchasing at drug and health-food stores to help their children sleep is a synthetic form of a hormone that our brains naturally produce to help us fall asleep. Melatonin is a “biomarker” of what are known as circadian rhythms, or a complex network of internal “clocks” which regulates not only sleep, but vir...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

5 Reasons Kids Shouldn't Sleep Near Their Devices
  When The Huffington Post and YouGov asked parents how often they let their kids sleep next to their cell phones, 30 percent said they allowed it sometimes or always. Another 30 percent, however, banned cell phones from bedsides entirely.  Of course, setting screen time limits is easier said than done. But since research suggests nighttime can be a particularly detrimental time for kids to use devices, placing parameters around tech use near bedtime is a good place to start. Here are five research-backed reasons you might not want to let your kids sleep near their cell phones:  1. Kid...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 27, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Complementary and Integrative Approaches for ADHD
Surveys estimate that as many as 9 percent of American children and 4 percent of adults have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Although stimulant medications have been shown to be helpful for at least 70 percent of children with ADHD, many people have turned to complementary health approaches such as omega-3 fatty acids, melatonin, herbs and other dietary supplements, special diets, neurofeedback, and several mind and body practices, including acupuncture and meditation. Many of these complementary health approaches have been studied for ADHD, but none has been conclusively shown to be helpful. This issue ...
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - June 16, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCAM Source Type: news

NICE evidence summary: unlicensed and off-label use of melatonin to treat sleep disorders in children and young people with ADHD
Source: NICE Area: Evidence > Drug Specific Reviews The unlicensed and off-label use of melatonin to treat sleep disorders in children and young people with ADHD is the second topic to be covered by NICE as part of its new service to provide information to the NHS and patients in England about the use of unlicensed and off-label medicines.   Key points from the evidence are as follows:   . Only 1 form of melatonin (prolonged-release tablets) is currently licensed in the UK for the short-term treatment of primary insomnia, characterised by poor quality of sleep, in adults who are aged 55 years or...
Source: NeLM - Mental Health - January 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news