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By Cathy Wong, About.com Guide to Alternative Medicine since 2000

Melatonin a Possible Natural Cancer Treatment

Tuesday October 18, 2005
On a flight home from Maui, the flight attendant found out I was a naturopathic physician, sat down in the seat beside me, and said, "Did you know that every other flight attendant I know with my level of seniority (20 years) has breast cancer?" Irregular sleep habits and time zone travel are just two reasons why levels of a hormone called melatonin can be lowered. Studies are increasingly finding a connection between melatonin and cancer, and it's showing promise as a cancer treatment...read more...

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