3 ms·
Sleep experts say it is not possible to draw conclusions about melatonin from this study's findings — it did not prove cause and effect. A more likely explanati
by lateforwork 11mo ago
Sleep experts say it is not possible to draw conclusions about melatonin from this study's findings — it did not prove cause and effect. A more likely explanation of the results is that insomnia itself could be to blame. In that case, melatonin would be an “innocent bystander”.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/well/melatonin-heart-health-study.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/well/melatonin-heart-heal...
- api 11mo agoI have wondered if the first generation antihistamine dementia studies might have the same problem. People popping antihistamines for sleep probably have insomnia, which is already known to cause dementia.
- silisili 11mo agoSame and same. It's like declaring that reading O'Reilly books causes carpal tunnel and rsi. Maybe. It'd be far more interesting if they could exclude folks who used either as a sleep aid, but I'm not sure how realistically you could find any.