Michael Schulson

2 weeks ago | undark.org | Michael Schulson

In February, the National Institutes of Health announced that it would be lowering the payments it makes to grant recipients to cover the overhead costs of scientific research, also called indirect costs. Two months later, the NIH laid off some 1,200 employees, as part of wider cuts to federal health agencies.

3 weeks ago | holisticprimarycare.net | Michael Schulson

By Michael Schulson, Contributing Writer (This article was originally published on April 8, 2025 by www.undark.org)Two years ago, at a Stop & Shop in Rhode Island, the Danish neuroscientist and physician Henriette Edemann-Callesen visited an aisle stocked with sleep aids containing melatonin. She looked around in amazement. Then she took out her phone and snapped a photo to send to colleagues back home.

1 month ago | zmescience.com | Michael Schulson

Two years ago, at a Stop & Shop in Rhode Island, the Danish neuroscientist and physician Henriette Edemann-Callesen visited an aisle stocked with sleep aids containing melatonin. She looked around in amazement. Then she took out her phone and snapped a photo to send to colleagues back home. “It was really pretty astonishing,” she recalled recently. In Denmark, as in many countries, the hormone melatonin is a prescription drug for treating sleep problems, mostly in adults.

1 month ago | technewstube.com | Michael Schulson

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1 month ago | arstechnica.com | Michael Schulson

More children are taking the hormone in the form of nightly gummies or drops. Two years ago, at a Stop & Shop in Rhode Island, the Danish neuroscientist and physician Henriette Edemann-Callesen visited an aisle stocked with sleep aids containing melatonin. She looked around in amazement. Then she took out her phone and snapped a photo to send to colleagues back home. “It was really pretty astonishing,” she recalled recently.