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Nicola Roy & Paul Speed

Popular medication may increase risk of dementia, new research suggests

A widely-used type of medication has been found to potentially increase your risk of dementia by a staggering 79 percent.

For many people, getting to sleep at night is a struggle - whether that's down to stress, anxiety or just a bad sleeping pattern. To help you doze off, you might have resorted to taking sleeping medication prescribed from your doctor.

But researchers at the University California-San Francisco have published a study that suggests taking this can make you more likely to develop dementia - especially if you're white.

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