Notícia

Rural Messenger (EUA)

Listening to music while driving may help calm the heart (404 notícias)

Publicado em 14 de novembro de 2019

ETV Bharat (Índia) The World News (Reino Unido) The World News (Ucrânia) The World News (Reino Unido) The Irish Sun (Irlanda) online MSN (Reino Unido) Newkerala.com (Índia) Sify (Índia) Sound Health and Lasting Wealth (Nigéria) The Health Site (Índia) MSN (Brasil) Social News (EUA) glamsham.com (Índia) The Hans India (Índia) online Daily Hunt (Índia) CanIndia (Índia) LatestLy (Índia) News18 (Índia) DT Next (Índia) Newkerala.com (Índia) Sify (Índia) IANS Life (Índia) Press From Brasil (EUA) MSN (França) Yahoo Finance (EUA) Yahoo! (Singapura) Yahoo! (EUA) Yahoo! (Índia) Long Room (EUA) The World News (Reino Unido) DT Next (Índia) News Founded (África do Sul) StudyFinds.org (EUA) Live Daily Times (EUA) Daily Hunt (Índia) Telangana Today (Índia) online The Star (Malásia) Daijiworld (Índia) Prokerala.com (Índia) The Tribune online (Índia) MSN (Portugal) Medindia (Índia) Vaaju (Índia) The Tribune online (Índia) Brightsurf Scienstack 7thSpace Novi Magazin (Sérvia) Ikons.id (Indonésia) The American Institute of Stress (EUA) Psych Central (EUA) W Rádio Brasil Jornal Integração Planeta online Esteta Sociedade Científica TNH1 Portal da Enfermagem USA News (EUA) Jornal de Boas Notícias A noticia Jornal Joseense News Central das Notícias Jornal Destaque online Seropédica Online Blog Healthier Life The Sun (Reino Unido) online Portal Neo Mondo Agência 14 News Notícias Botucatu Refugo The Frontier Post (Paquistão) Brasil CT&I Portal Paraná Empresarial Confap - Conselho Nacional das Fundações Estaduais de Amparo à Pesquisa Extra (Rio de Janeiro, RJ) online Curta Mais Sou Ecológico Revista Ecológico online Revista Bem-Estar A Gazeta (ES) online VGA News Gerente.com (Colômbia) Moneyrf.com My Medical Mantra (Índia) NewsAbode (Índia) Clear Critique Selector News Station Science News Net ABC7 News (EUA) Pobjeda (Montenegro) Njus Great Britain (Suécia) Freshpopmusic.co (Nigéria) Tech Comes Indonesia News (Indonésia) Apa Pun Share 24 Pilipinas QueenanFamilyMedicine LatinAmericanPost NewsBeezer (Brasil em inglês) Onlinebodyfitness.com ScienceBlog Style and Polity The Colombian Post (Colômbia) The Woman Post Up To Date (EUA) CNBC-TV18 (Índia) University Herald (EUA) Big Portal (Bósnia e Herzegovina) Journal de Luxe (Bósnia-Herzegovina) Headliner (Sérvia) Marília Notícia Gestrs News (Índia) Ohio State News (Austrália) The Alayaran (Índia) 247 Naija News (Nigéria) Up To Date (EUA) Vermont State News (Bahrain) Brazil Sun (Austrália) Britain News (Bahrain) Dnamite News (Índia) Europe News (Emirados Árabes Unidos) FemaleAdda (Índia) FinlandNews.Net (Emirados Árabes Unidos) 3000kcal Business Telegraph (Reino Unido) xat.al The News Amed (Turquia) Business Fast (Reino Unido) News cabal (Reino Unido) The Sun Best Daily Sun Post (Reino Unido) The Girl Sun NewsGroove Uk (Reino Unido) News Puddle (Reino Unido) India Times Post (Índia) USA new news (EUA) The Nation London (Reino Unido) World News Service (Índia) Ifairer.com (Índia) Greek Herald (Austrália) India Today (Índia) online Manorama Online (Índia) NewsyPeople Rio de Janeiro News (Emirados Árabes Unidos) US News (EUA) MSN (Bélgica) Metro Belgique (Bélgica) online 98FM Apucarana Diário do Mucuri The Jakarta Post (Indonésia) The Citizen (África do Sul) Inquirer Technology (Filipinas) 4Evafit (EUA) Medical News Dr Robert Greenbaum’s Practice (Reino Unido) Mental Health Insider Medical News (Reino Unido) Channel 411 News Wood Street Clinic (Reino Unido) Medical Daily Press IBCCES - The International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (EUA) Live Healthy Siouxland Top News Phil Magazine Health Sonar Talk of Naija (Nigéria) Suregistng (Nigéria) Latest Media News Voice of the HWY (EUA) Gerente.com (Colômbia) Giftalworld (Nigéria) Portal Correio Fréquence Médicale (França) Focando a Notícia India City Blog (Índia) The Indian Wire (Índia) Suryaa (Índia) Newsd (Índia) NewsKarnataka (Índia) Kalinga TV (Índia) OdishaTV (Índia) The Weekend Leader (Índia) Nagaland Post (Índia) Newsy Today Outlook India (Índia) NYK Daily (Índia) India Post (EUA) Investiment Guru India India Tribune (EUA) online News Reach (Índia) Newsfeel Daily World (Índia) online India New England (EUA) BDC TV (Bósnia-Herzegovina) Insight Online News (Índia) Lokmat.com Thrive Global (EUA) ABP News (Índia) hi INDiA (EUA) online Namaste.in (Índia) Gulf Today (Emirados Árabes Unidos) Fadunews.in Indian 24 News (Índia) A. K. Nandy's (Índia) in.utd.today The Freedom Press (Índia) The Logical News (Índia) www.amazxpress.com Safelink Aisa Waisa (Índia) India.com Bluewin (Suíça) Gentside (França) Pourquoi Docteur (França) News Trotteur (França) Centre Presse Aveyron (França) L'Indépendant (França) online La Provence (França) online La Dépêche du Midi (França) online RTBF (Bélgica) Doctissimo Santé (França) kodex (Croácia) MediaPress (Sérvia) The World News (Ucrânia/Brasil) Recepti za pet Radio Bijelo Polje (Montenegro) Happy TV (Sérvia) CdM - Cafe del Montenegro (Montenegro) Nedeljnik (Sérvia) online N1 (Sérvia) Polynews.org Anesthesia Experts (EUA) Live News Mag Daily News Feed Sunday Herald Yahoo! (Malásia) Yahoo! (Filipinas) Wyoming News Yahoo! Lifestyle India (Índia) 100.3 Jack FM (EUA) AsiaOne (Singapura) Radio.com - Alt1053 (EUA) Al Bawaba (Emirados Árabes Unidos) Radio.com - Alt1037 (EUA) International Business Times (EUA) Women's Health Australia online Viral Health Men's Health (Australia) online Hostsfox Search Maosoo3h (Jordânia) Fit World Sport News Celebrity Best News VietNam Breaking News Breaking News Express Digest NewsyPeople Palmer News Jornal Americanense Tech Na Net Guarantã News Simepe - Sindicato dos Médicos de Pernambuco ON Jornal Mídia Bahia INDICE (Portugal) Blog Jota Neto Programa do Rochinha Vandinho Maracás Portal SQ The Asian Age (Índia) online USA News (EUA) Idest O Quarto Poder Farol da Bahia Plox Opinião e Notícia A noticia BandMulti Encart Notícias Ghanagh.com (Gana) 247News.Africa (África do Sul) Safrica 24 (África do Sul) Africans Live (EUA) IOL (África do Sul) tfipost.com (Índia) The Quint Fit (Índia) MSN (Nova Zelândia) Doctor NDTV (Índia) Medical Daily (EUA) Manorama Online (Índia) Kabayan Weekly (Emirados Árabes Unidos) The Sherbrooke Times Reporter17 mail.ru (Rússia) Moong News International-Journal (Reino Unido) News Dog Today (Índia) Apa Pun Share Eflip (Índia) Sunday Herald Health Blogs - Dr. Joseph Mercola (EUA) Onedottech (Índia) body+soul (Austrália) Healthline (EUA) Serialpressit Now To Love (Nova Zelândia) Only my Health (Índia) USA new news (EUA) Deccan Chronicle (Índia) online Rádio Santa Fé (Argentina) Newsylist The Independent Magazine (Uganda) online B92 (Sérvia) The Assam Tribune (Índia) online in.utd.today Topnews 1 (Albânia) British Asia News (Reino Unido) First Post (Nigéria) Shafaqna (Índia) The Free Library Tampung Health Info (Indonésia) The BitmarkNews.com The World News (Ucrânia/Brasil) WellBody The Healthcare Standard Flickonclick Aso Rock Mirror News (Nigéria) todaystori.com.ng Tinoloaded (Nigéria) See Naija (Nigéria) P.M. News (Nigéria) Slayminded Blog do Widemar Akurat (Indonésia) Cont dr-Gesundheit PMJ News Intisari (Indonésia) Akurat (Indonésia) The Daily Kaler kantho (Bangladesh) Equinox Hai (Indonésia) Hot 107,9 Syracuse (EUA) Hotinfonow.com Informer (Sérvia) WorldProNews Seattle Indian (EUA) ArkansasIndian.com (EUA) IT Path Solutions (Índia) UC News (Índia) The South Asian Times (EUA) online Window to News (Índia) Anayemeni (Iêmen) Heilpraxisnet.de (Alemanha) Presse Santé (França) MNT - Medical News Today (Reino Unido) Vet Candy (EUA) MNT - Medical News Today (Reino Unido) JioPublicVibe (Índia) Heaven 32 NewsBeezer Thrive Global (EUA) Dubai Health Authority (Emirados Árabes Unidos) vresiatro.site Puri Dunia (Índia) Sanjeevni Today (Índia) TimesKuwait (Kuwait) OrlandoIndian.com (EUA) StarCarSifu (Malásia) Lefteria (Grécia) VB News24 Focus Online News (Alemanha) Capital (França) Simões Filho online

Driving can be very stressful, particularly if you are stuck in heavy traffic or are an inexperienced driver, and this stress will eventually take its toll on the heart. However, researchers now confirm that there is a simple fix for this problem: listening to the right music while driving.

Past research has shown that experiencing frequent psychological stress can be a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease, a condition that affects almost half of those aged 20 years and older in the United States.

One source of frequent stress is driving, either due to the stressors associated with heavy traffic or the anxiety that often accompanies inexperienced drivers.

Does this mean, though, that people who drive on a daily basis are set to develop heart problems, or is there a simple way of easing the stress of driving?

According to a new study by researchers from São Paulo State University in Marília, Brazil, Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom, and the University of Parma in Italy, there is.

 

In a study paper that features in the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine, the researchers report the encouraging results of a study involving inexperienced drivers, noting that listening to music while driving helps relieve the stress that affects heart health.

“We found that cardiac stress in the participants in our experiment was reduced by listening to music while they were driving,” says principal investigator Prof. Vitor Engrácia Valenti.

Music may lower cardiovascular stress

For their study, the researchers recruited five female volunteers between the ages of 18 and 23 years who were in good health, were not habitual drivers — they drove no more than twice a week — and had received their driver’s license 1–7 years before the start of the study.

“We opted to assess women who were not habitual drivers because people who drive frequently and have had a license for a long time are better adapted to stressful situations in traffic,” explains Prof. Valenti.

The researchers asked the volunteers to take part in two different experiments. On one day, the participants had to drive for 20 minutes during rush hour on a 3 kilometer route in one of the busiest parts of the city of Marília. On this day, the participants did not play any music in the car as they were driving.

 

On another day, the volunteers had to go through the same motions, with one exception: This time, they listened to instrumental music while driving.

In both instances, the participants drove cars that were not their own. This measure was necessary, the investigators explain, to make sure that there was no reduction in stress due to the volunteers being familiar with the cars.

“To increase the degree of traffic stress, we asked them to drive a car they did not own. Driving their own car might help,” says Prof. Valenti.

To measure the effect of stress on the heart in each experimental condition, the investigators asked the participants to wear heart rate monitors able to record heart rate variability in real time.

The activity of two key systems — the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system — influences heart rate variability. The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for regulating the flight or flight response, which is the automatic bodily reaction to stressful, anxiety-inducing situations. Meanwhile, the parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for “rest and digest” processes.

“Elevated sympathetic nervous system activity reduces heart rate variability, whereas more intense parasympathetic nervous system activity increases it,” explains the lead investigator.

The researchers then analyzed the measurements that they had collected through the heart rate monitors on the two occasions. They found that when the participants had listened to music while driving under stressful conditions, they had higher heart rate variability than when they had driven under stressful conditions without any music.

“Listening to music attenuated the moderate stress overload the volunteers experienced as they drove,” says Prof. Valenti.

To readers who may be wondering why the researchers turned specifically to female participants in their study, the lead investigators explain that, at this stage, they wanted to be able to rule out the potential influence of sex-specific hormones.

“If men, as well as women, had participated, and we had found a significant difference between the two groups, female sex hormones might have been considered responsible,” notes Prof. Valenti.

The results of the small-scale experiments, the researchers argue, suggest that listening to relaxing music could, indeed, be an easy way of preventing stress levels from escalating and affecting the heart when someone finds themselves stuck in traffic.

“Listening to music could be […] a preventive measure in favor of cardiovascular health in situations of intense stress, such as driving during rush hour.”

Prof. Vitor Engrácia Valenti