Latest Noise health effects Stories

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Living or working in noisy surroundings may raise a person's risk of suffering a heart attack, a new study suggests.Researchers in Germany found that urban middle-aged adults who lived near high-traffic roads were 46 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack than those who lived in more peaceful neighborhoods.Similarly, men whose jobs exposed them to high noise levels were about one-third more likely to have a heart attack than their peers in quieter...