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Hundreds of thousands of people who take sleeping pills just twice a month are nearly four times more likely to die prematurely, according to new research. 7:00AM GMT 28 Feb 2012 The study, published in the journal BMJ Open, analysed 10,500 people taking a wide-range of sleeping pills, including tamazepam...

Doctors call for rethink after large study finds prescribed pills could be associated with up to 0.5m extra deaths a year in US Sarah Boseley, health editor guardian.co.uk, Monday 27 February 2012 18.30 EST Sleeping pills prescribed for insomnia are associated with more than a fourfold risk of death, according...