Photo credit: Nancy Bourque by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition "Environmental risks escalate cardiovascular disease burden, experts warn." That’s the headline of an article from the American Journal of Managed Care by reporter Maggie Shaw. Shaw reported on...
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Urban noise pollution harms our hearts
Photo credit: Kaique Rocha by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The News Medical Life Sciences website reports on two studies presented at the current meeting of the European Society of Cardiology. The studies show that urban noise pollution was associated...
Last chance for QC member event!
Photo credit: Tricia Glass by Quiet Communities staff Not a QC member? Join Quiet Communities to access this exclusive QC close-up event: "Electric Landcare: A Gateway to Greener, Quieter Communities." It will take place on Thursday, Sept. 12 from 4-5 p.m. EST. The...
The federal government values prevention in (some) health care
Photo credit: sl wong by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Reuters reported last month that the Federal Food and Drug Administration is seeking to lower sodium levels in processed food. This effort is based on recent research showing that cutting salt intake...
New Jersey Girl Scouts focus on noise pollution
Photo credit: Longxiang Qian by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The author of this article, Lori Comstock, informs us that people living in North Jersey have easy access...
Major east coast cities struggle with noise pollution
Photo credit: Markus Spiske by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Writer Ricardo Kaulessar starts his article in northjersey.com by reporting on how a student soccer game...
Will a car-free olympics be good for Los Angeles?
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As reported by ABC-7 and then The New York Times, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has promised a car-free Olympics in 2028. Will this be good for Los Angeles? Is this even possible? I grew up in Newark,...
Urban soundscapes
Photo credit: Adrien Olichon by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Readers of our blog might be familiar with the term "soundscape." But we learn in this article, published...
Evidence-based public policies lead to better health outcomes
Photo credit: George Morina by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I have long thought that rational evidence-based public policies affecting human behavior lead to better health outcomes, although sometimes the evidence that these policies work is hard to...