I am currently taking melatonin every night. i like to know besides helping me to sleep, are there other benefits.

Good question!: New research indicates that melatonin does much more than help some people sleep better. Studies show that melatonin’s multifaceted effects may improve treatment outcomes in cancer patients and extend their lives. Also may contribute to guarding the nervous system against degenerative diseases—such as alzheimer’s disease and stroke—and preventing debilitating migraines.

Melatonin's benefits: A literature review can be found at www. Lef.Org. For those interested in a succinct review. Benefits include its antioxidant effects in the brain which may help in parkinson's, alheimers, stroke victims , and one study showed a fifty percent reduction in migraines. Further benefits include a decrease in nighttime blood pressure, possible benefit in prostate, breast, and some lung cancer, and usefulness in the treatment of circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Please read the article is very thorough and very interesting.