According to a new study, the use of sleeping pills put people with heart failure at a greater risk of serious heart problems and death. Research found that patients who took sleeping pills were 8 times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital for heart failure or to die from heart-related causes than those who did not take sleeping pills. Although the study could not prove cause and effect, researchers have developed a theory that sleeping pills may affect both breathing and heart function. Via U.S. News. Posted May 17, 2014.
–Alanna McCatty

Sleeping Pill Use Tied to Poorer Survival for Heart Failure Patients