All posts tagged with sleeping pills

(Natural News) 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 […]

(Natural News) 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 […]

(Natural News) 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 […]