Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

We include products we think are useful for our readers. If you buy through links on this page, we may earn a small commission. Here’s our process. Melatonin is usually safe for children in the short ...

A lot of parents were no doubt alarmed when they heard recent news that the number of calls to poison control centers for melatonin overdoses in kids rose by 530% from 2012 to 2021, according to a ...

You know those nights when you would give up anything to have your kiddo just go to sleep, but it seems like nothing is working? You've tried all the go-to suggestions to help your little one get some ...

If you haven’t at least thought about giving your kid melatonin, you’re either blessed with a unicorn sleeper or you’re lying. Melatonin use in kids has absolutely skyrocketed—research shows nearly ...

American families are relying heavily on melatonin supplements to help their children sleep even as questions remain about the safety of their long-term use. New research published this month shows ...

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A former Indiana day care director has been sentenced to six months in jail after admitting she gave melatonin gummies to kids ahead of nap time without parental consent. Tonya Rachelle Voris began ...

Nearly 1 in 5 elementary school-age children and preteens take melatonin, a recent Colorado study has found. In addition, some parents regularly give melatonin to their preschool-age kids, according ...

US-based online store iHerb has suspended sales of melatonin gummies to Australia. This comes after a rise in reports of non-fatal overdoses in Western Australia in children who took these popular ...