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Noisy Wards Could Threaten Hospital Patients' Health

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A new study suggests that sleep doesn't come easy for many hospitalized patients, with everything from ice machines to traffic to hallway talkers keeping them awake.

The finding, from a small study of 12 healthy people exposed to typical hospital noises, should sound an alarm about the effects of noise on patients' health.

"Everyone knows that sound disrupts sleep, but in a hospital...

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