The Claim

Melatonin supplementation significantly improves health-related quality of life and reduces cardiac stress biomarkers in patients with heart failure, but does not consistently yield statistically significant improvements in left ventricular ejection fraction.

Source: Surprising Heart Results from This Huge Melatonin Study

What the research says

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Supports
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Challenges
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Cause and effect
1 study reviewed
In plain English

Taking melatonin supplements appears to help heart failure patients feel better and lower stress markers in their heart, but it doesn't reliably improve the heart's pumping strength.

See the scientific wording

Melatonin supplementation significantly improves health-related quality of life and reduces cardiac stress biomarkers in heart failure patients, though it does not consistently produce statistically significant improvements in left ventricular ejection fraction.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Melatonin supplementation improves N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide levels and quality of life in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Results from MeHR trial, a randomized clinical trial

    Taking melatonin helped heart failure patients feel better and lowered a specific stress marker in their blood, but it did not significantly change the heart's pumping ability.

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