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Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Getting over a 13-hour jet lag: How do Canada's speed-skaters do it?

It only takes members of Canada's short-track speed-skating team five days to get over jet lag when they fly to competitions in Asia, 13 time zones away, according to a new study. That's twice as fast as the typical adaptation ...

Health

Is melatonin safe for kids?

The use of melatonin supplements as a sleep aid for children is becoming more common. The number of children taking melatonin at least once a month has risen nearly 20-fold since 2018. From 2012 to 2021, calls to poison control ...

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