Noisy Stress
OK, we learned earlier this week that work stress can contribute to the risk of heart disease. Now, it seems, the stress of noise might do the same thing! This stress business is serious… it seems to be coming in all shapes and sizes.
The study, found in the February 2006 edition of the European Heart Journal, was reported by Reuters Health:
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 workplaces.
The reason for these associations is not completely clear, but the stress of dealing with chronic noise may be involved, according to the researchers, led by Dr. Stefan N. Willich of Charite University Medical Center in Berlin.
Did you know you can blunt the physiological effects of stress using natural compounds? Seems like we better be doing all we can to minimize its impact, since it’s coming at us from so many different directions!
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