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The risk becomes significantly higher when such people wake up during night after having consumed the pills.

"If you have an individual who, even when they take their sleep medications, they wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, they need to be aware that they are at greater risk of falling," advised Kenneth Wright of the University of Colorado at Boulder and colleagues.

"What this also calls for is the development of new sleep medications that are effective but are safer."

The study has sparked debate among researchers from different countries who are now discussing pros and cons linked with the research.

Pill to wipe out painful memories in offing
The U.S. researchers are developing a drug which might probe into an individual’s mind and completely erase the memories of traumatic events.

Researchers aver that they are working on ways to remove the proteins from the brain’s fear centre, which can wipe out the memories of traumatic incidences forever in sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder, the Baltimore Sun reported.

A new body gel could be a better alternative to the pill and might replace it in the next 5 years, reveal experts.

Rubbing a little of Nestorone, the gel, on the body on a regular basis can avoid pregnancy, just like other contraceptives.

It works by producing a set of the progesterone and oestrogen hormones, which act as a barrier to ovaries releasing an egg each month, researchers reveal.

Advantages of the gel
Manufactured by drug firm Antares Pharma, the gel is free of all associated side-effects like weight gain, acne, dizziness, etc.