Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/DSErGGTJmQI   Instrumental music insulates your body’s nervous system from pressures of traffic jams, nasty other drivers, and sudden stops.  This the result of a small Brazilian study just published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine.   The investigators measured the effects of driving an unfamiliar car during a nerve-racking urban rush hour on the hearts of young, relatively inexperienced drivers.  Driving with peaceful music eliminated stress on the drivers’ autonomic nervous system as measured by heart rate variability.   If driving, commuting on mass transit, school pressures, your boss, or virtually any noxious experiences are literally driving you crazy, try some jazz or classical music.  Those calming melodies will neutralize the toxins of life.   Myrela AleneAlvesaDavid M.GarnerabJoice A.T.do AmaralcFernando R.OliveiradVitor E.Valentia.  The effects of musical auditory stimulation on heart rate autonomic responses to driving: A prospective randomized case-control pilo