Night shift workers can reduce their cancer risk by taking the sleep hormone melatonin, suggests a new study. Melatonin supplements may help offset cancer-causing DNA damage linked to shift work ...

Night shift workers face an increased risk of cancer, as their disrupted sleep cycle causes wear and tear on their DNA. But taking melatonin might help ward off this risk, a new study suggests.

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 ...

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 ...

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Melatonin has been shown to promote genetic pathways that are involved in DNA repair, researchers said. Low levels of melatonin might affect the body's ability to recognize and repair damaged DNA.

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To see if boosting a person’s melatonin might offset this damage, researchers recruited 40 night shift workers and randomly assigned half of them to take a 3 mg melatonin pill at bedtime every ...