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"Have you ever taken prescription sleeping pills? Shockingly, a major new study reports that they may up your risk for cancer, even death... A major British Medical Journal study of more than 23,000 people found that people who take prescription sleeping pills as many as 18 times per year may be more than 3.5 times as likely to die than those who don&amp;#x27;t take them. And, it gets worse: People who take prescription sleeping pills more than 132 times per year were at five times higher risk for death and 35 percent higher risk for cancer. Eeks! Explanation, please? So far, the experts don&amp;#x27;t have one: &amp;quot;We are not certain. But it looks like sleeping pills could be as risky as smoking cigarettes,&amp;quot; study author Dr. Daniel F. Kripke, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, told WebMD. Alright gals, do you take sleeping pills? Does this news make you consider giving them up? P.S. Guess which state is sleepiest! And, why loving your bedroom could = a great night&amp;#x27;s rest. Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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