Yet another way to reduce your risk of heart disease

by | Oct 19, 2010 | Aging gracefully, Health Effects of the Environment and Medical System | 0 comments

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Workplace noise can double your risk of heart disease.

That’s what turned up in a survey of 6,000 employees studied under the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2004.

The authors speculate that loud noise day after day stresses people out just as much – or more – than sudden strong emotions or heavy physical exertion.  The stress triggers chemical messengers that constrict blood flow through the coronary arteries.  Tightening the blood flow to the heart puts you at risk of a heart attack or other cardiac problem.

Protect yourself at work.  Insist on protection from noise, or rotating jobs to steer away from consistent, unrelenting noise.

Dr. Lavine has been an innovator in the use of movement and touch to promote health since 1981. He practices in New York City and Princeton, NJ.

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Deepen Your Body of Knowledge

Check out Noise Off.org, the coalition to stop noise pollution.

Link to the EPA’s page on noise

More on noise pollution

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