Do sleeping pills cause cancer? Show me how this happens and I might accept it otherwise it is another correlation/causation misperception February 28, 2012Dr. Barry Dworkin Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 28, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Sleeping Pill Death Toll May Top 500,000 Related posts: Sleeping pill prescriptions for seniors are too common and should be curtailed Birth defects caused by medications avoidable: study Prescription drugs and herbal remedies follow the same science of drug interactions and can negatively affect health outcomes Lack of evidence has not stopped increased use of antipsychotic meds to calm agitated elderly cancersleeping pills