title: Melatonin hype hard to swallow.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3520, USA.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Turek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D008550:Melatonin / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D011643:Publishing
chemical_list: D008550:Melatonin