Epidemiological studies have found that transportation noise increases the risk of
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with high-quality evidence for ischaemic heart …

Pollution and the Heart Environmental pollution is a cardiovascular risk factor. The Global
Burden of Disease study estimated that pollution caused 9 million deaths in 2019, of which …

Arterial hypertension is the most important contributor to the global burden of disease;
however, disease control remains poor. Although the diagnosis of hypertension is still based …

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are fatal for more than 38 million people each year
and are thus the main contributors to the global burden of disease accounting for 70% of …

To update the current state of evidence and assess its quality, we conducted a systematic
review on the effects of environmental noise exposure on the cardio-metabolic systems as …

Noise has been found associated with annoyance, stress, sleep disturbance, and impaired
cognitive performance. Furthermore, epidemiological studies have found that environmental …

Although numerous studies have investigated the association of ambient air pollution with
hypertension and blood pressure (BP), the results were inconsistent. We performed a …

Large epidemiological and health impact assessment studies at the global scale, such as
the Global Burden of Disease project, indicate that chronic non-communicable diseases …

The expeditious growth of modern transportation and industrialization has given rise to
serious noise pollution, which has brought disaster to the world economy and human health …

Raised blood pressure (BP) is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. Yet, its
global prevalence is increasing, and it remains poorly detected, treated, and controlled in …