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10/20/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Poor sleep is NOT just part of growing older: Experts encourage non-medical intervention

Although one-third of older Americans take prescription sleep medication, the majority don’t discuss their sleep problems with their healthcare providers. This shocking finding comes from the most recent National Poll on Healthy Aging, conducted by the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. Around 1,065 older adults between the ages of 65 and […]

06/11/2017 / By Bridgette Wilcox

INSANE: Women are heavily dosing on sleeping pills to lose weight by sleeping up to 20 hours a day

The weight-conscious world is no stranger to extreme diets. From eating only cabbage soup for an entire week to taking hormone pills to boost metabolism, questionable weight loss methods have become all too common. Yet even in a world saturated with extreme fad diets, a new diet craze has still managed to raise eyebrows and rightly […]

05/05/2017 / By Russel Davis

Sleeping pills found to double the risk of breaking your hip

Taking commonly-used sleeping pills may raise the odds of hip fracture in elderly patients, a study revealed. As part of the study, a team of researchers from the King’s College London and the Cardiff University in the U.K. examined data on elderly patients who were recently prescribed hypnotic drugs such as benzodiazepines and z-drugs and compared them with […]

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