A reduction in prescriptions of sleep drugs for older adults is associated with substantial health and economic benefits, ...

Avoiding sleep drugs would reduce older Americans' lifetime rate of falls by nearly 9% and brain decline by 2%, among other ...

Reducing future use of sleep medications could lower the incidence of falls and improve quality of life among older adults.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- Obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, affects nearly a billion people across the globe. It robs people of their sleep. They stop breathing sometimes 20 to 50 to 100 ...

Millions of older Americans suffering from insomnia regularly use prescription sleep medications, despite the risk of serious side effects-such as falls, broken bones ...

Nan Bishko Iwasaki, 81, a retired commercial artist who lives in Redondo Beach, California, has been taking a variety of ...

BE GOING ON. SOME PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES CAN MESS WITH YOUR SLEEP. FOR EXAMPLE, BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINES LIKE BETA BLOCKERS AND ALPHA BLOCKERS CAN CAUSE BAD DREAMS OR KEEP YOU FROM GETTING DEEP SLEEP.