Melatonin

To help their children get a good night's sleep, parents have been increasingly turning to melatonin, a naturally-occurring hormone that helps induce and regulate sleep. In this Children's Channel video, Gregory Omlor, MD, director of pulmonary medicine and the Sleep Center at Akron Children's, discusses the safe and appropriate use of melatonin in children.

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