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褪黑激素已引起广大新闻媒介的注意。自从《褪黑激素奇迹》一书在去年出版后(作者是美国弗吉尼亚州大学内科学教授威廉·里格尔逊和意大利安科纳老年基金委员会的沃尔特·皮尔帕里博士),情况就格外如此。该书在护封上对褪黑激素大肆吹嘘,称它是能保持青春、抵抗疾病和增强性机能的天然荷尔蒙。《新闻周刊》称它是“最新的安眠药,既是天然物质,又是价格便宜。”《美国新闻和世界报道》甚至提出能不能把褪黑激素当作天然特效药。
Melatonin has drawn the attention of the mass media. This is particularly the case since the publication of Melatonin Miracle, published last year, by William Ruggleson, an associate professor of science at the University of Virginia in the United States, and Dr Walter Pilpari, Ancona, Italy. The book boasted about melatonin as a natural hormone that helps keep young, fight disease and enhance sexual function. Newsweek called it “the latest sleeping pill, both natural and cheap.” The U.S. News and World Report even suggested that melatonin should be treated as a natural remedy.