If you have ever found it difficult to get to sleep, then at some point you may have used or considered using a sleeping pill.
"Staggering" new studies suggest those who take prescription sleeping pills before heading to bed have a 55 per cent greater chance of early death, The Mirror reports.
Carried out by the National Taiwan University, the study highlighted how life expectancy for those taking the pills shortened by 5.3 years in men and 5.7 years in women, doubling for those who slept for more than eight hours.
