Heart attack risk can be heard

Heart attack risk can be heard by listening for a certain noise in the artery supplying blood to the brain, US researchers have said. Read »

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In fact snoring can reach 90 decibels, the same value like in the case of as a passing train. Other health risky sounds are aircraft noise and heavy traffic, and the louder the sounds, the higher the risk.

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