The Independent - London, December 3rd, 1995
JOYCE Leiner has been queueing for some time to get her 12 dollars' worth of capsules, tablets and lozenges. The 59-year-old has finally reached the counter of the health food shop in downtown Chicago, and picks out her week's supply. As she turns away from the assistant, she unscrews the cap of the bottle and pretends to swallow the contents for the TV cameras there to film the queue. "I'm going to be young again," she says, "and boy am I going to have fun." For millions of middle-aged Americans, melatonin - the hormone supplement in these preparations - is seen as a cure-all that will, say ...
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