Can living in a noisy area raise your blood pressure? Answer with a simple yes or no. Source & Credit: A Summary (The Straits Times, 11 Sept 2009) The article reports on a Swedish study (published in the journal Environmental Health) examining whether exposure to road-traffic noise near people’s homes is associated with adverse health outcomes, especially high blood pressure. Drawing on questionnaires completed by nearly 28,000 adults in Scania, Sweden, and estimating neighbourhood traffic-