Melatonin is a hormone your body makes that helps regulate when you sleep and wake. Your body naturally produces melatonin when it darkens outside, but you can also take it as a supplement.

This article was medically reviewed by Alex Dimitriu, MD, psychiatrist and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine. In certain cases, melatonin supplements could help kids with ongoing ...

In Denmark, as in many countries, the hormone melatonin is a prescription drug for treating sleep problems ... of melatonin gummies or cut to shots of their snoozing kids. In the toxicology ...

Experts said the safest way for kids ... lighter. Melatonin is also sold as a sleep aid online and in drug stores. It comes ...

States have charged parents for letting young kids play outside unsupervised. Older children reported for walking within their own neighborhood with the parents facing child services scrutiny ...

An Indiana day care center’s director was sentenced to six months in jail after having pleaded guilty to giving melatonin gummies to kids without their parents’ consent. In Maine, it isn’t ...