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.