Cardiology
Noisy workplace may wreak havoc on your heart
(HealthDay)—Loud noise at work doesn't just threaten your hearing, it might also boost your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, a new U.S. government report suggests.
Mar 22, 2018
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Alarming amounts of noise demand ways to silence noisy hospital environments
Spending a night in the hospital is not only stressful, but also loud. The constant beeps, whirrs and alarms ascend to a cacophony that produces anything but a relaxing, restful environment. Ilene Busch-Vishniac, of BeoGrin ...
Dec 6, 2017
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Cardiology
Noise from busy roads might increase heart disease risk, finds new study
Traffic noise, as well as air pollution, could affect heart health, according to new research.
Jun 1, 2017
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Could New York neighborhood noise be good for poor residents?
Loud workplace noise has been found by many studies to cause harm, but a recent analysis links the sounds of all-night car horn blasts and shouting by bar revelers in New York City's noisiest neighborhoods to unexplained ...
Apr 13, 2017
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Pediatrics
Study highlights need to reduce loud noises, boost beneficial sounds
Premature babies often spend the first several weeks of life in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), where, ideally, they are protected from too much noise stimulation. However, researchers at Washington University School ...
Feb 8, 2017
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Researchers target intensive care's intensive noise problem
TV presents one picture of an intensive care unit (ICU) – dimmed lights, hushed voices and softly bleeping machines. The reality is that it's more like a busy restaurant and frequently it's noisy enough to compete with ...
Mar 30, 2016
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Neuroscience
Dopamine key to vocal learning, songbird study finds
The neurotransmitter dopamine is essential to correcting vocal mistakes, suggests a study on Bengalese finches. The Journal of Neuroscience published the research, led by Emory biologist Samuel Sober, who uses Bengalese finches ...
Mar 15, 2016
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Pediatrics
Noise during pregnancy increases risk of hearing dysfunction in children
A recently published study from the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) at Karolinska Institutet shows that exposure to noise during pregnancy can damage the child's hearing, with an 80 percent increase in risk in occupational ...
Dec 10, 2015
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Health
Can I get some sleep? Hospital tests sound panels to reduce noise
One of the most common complaints about hospitals is the noise. Patients complain that they can't sleep soundly in the environment of multiple monitors, paging systems, wheelchairs and gurneys, and carts that squeak.
Aug 17, 2015
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Neuroscience
How noise changes the way the brain gets information
Cells that relay information from the ear to the brain can change in significant ways in response to the noise level in the environment.
May 5, 2015
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