Newly prescribed sleeping pills increase risk of hip fracture

Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 09:11 in Health & Medicine

Older people newly prescribed sleeping pills like benzodiazepines and 'Z-drugs' have over double the odds of a hip fracture in the first two weeks compared with non-users, according to a new study.

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