While I am most comfortable being the doctor in the patient-doctor encounter, I recently had the tables turned during a three-day stay at the hospital while recovering from a burst appendix. My ...

Belleville (Ill.) Hospital has joined a nationwide campaign to reduce noise levels in hospitals, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report. The Silent Hospitals Help Healing campaign aims to ...

Once considered the loudest hospital in the Philadelphia area, Riddle Hospital in Media has significantly reduced its nighttime noise levels, newly released federal data shows. At the Main Line Health ...

Chronic exposure to high noise levels has been linked to elevated heart rates, sleep deprivation, and long-term psychological distress, particularly in ICU survivors. Quieter equipment can therefore ...

Premature babies are particularly susceptible to strong sensory impressions and high sound levels from the incubator. Now ...