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Dr. Christy concludes her series on sleep using the data from the book, "Why We Sleep" by Dr. Matthew Walker. In this episode she talks about good and bad treatments for insomnia.
References:
Sleep mechanism and sleeping pills: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25922...
BMJ study on increased death/cancer with sleeping pills: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/2/1/e...
More research on increased death/cancer with sleeping pills: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Sleeping pills compared to placebo: https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/345/b...
Melatonin and older adults: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/1...