Noisy Environment Linked to Heart Attack Risk - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
Advise patients who ask that long-term exposure to high noise levels can damage hearing and recommend ear protection.
Note that this study finds a link between chronic exposure to noise and the risk of myocardial infarction, even after other risk factors are taken into account.
BERLIN, Nov. 23 - Too much noise may increase the risk of heart attack, European researchers say.
In a large case-control study, chronic exposure to environmental noise was associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction in both men and women, according to Stefan Willich, M.D., of the Charité University Medical Center here./.../
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