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Volunteers living near four major European airports with night flights - in Athens, Milan, Stockholm and London - took part in the study published this week in the European Heart Journal. Study participants were outfitted with ambulatory blood pressure monitors, which were programmed to take readings at 15-min. intervals throughout the night. The volunteers' bedrooms were also equipped with an MP3 recorder and a noise-meter, which recorded all ambient noise, its timing and its volume. Researchers considered a "noise event" to have occurred if any sound, from road traffic, aircraft or a partner's snoring, exceeded 35 decibels...
...examining the relationship between hypertension and nighttime exposure to noise near airports or daily exposure to road traffic noise. That study, which appeared online in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives last December, involved 4,861 participants, aged 45 to 70, who had lived at least five years near a major European airport. Researchers found that nighttime airport noise was linked to a significant increase in risk for hypertension; every 10 dB increase in exposure led to a corresponding 14% rise in high blood pressure risk. In addition, the study found, daily exposure to road traffic noise (at average levels above...
...know we’ve never met, but I’d like to back you up onto my hard drive sometime 8.) I know I’m not that hot, but I bet my GPA is higher than yours. 9.) Are you an econ major? Because I’d just love to get my invisible hand in your Slutsky matrix. 10.) If you think Positive Psych is easy, wait ’til you date me! 11.) Did you know that the average Harvard student has 0-0.5 partners a year? So if you have a threesome...
...Crimson netminder, who leads the nation statistically in all major goaltending categories, was as effective as ever in Harvard’s two Beanpot wins...
...recent report from the Government Accountability Office stated bluntly: “The United States’ foreign policy is the major root cause behind anti-American sentiments among Muslim populations.” Indeed, the link between America’s global interventionism and retaliatory acts of terrorism against the United States is nearly undeniable. As such, the United States must immediately cease foreign intervention operations...