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Don’t shout, please! The effect on health of noise and shouting

Why do some people always talk loudly? Is it possible to change this bad habit? Shouting voices, just like other loud noises, can affect the health both of those who speak loudly and of the people who hear them.

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Title: Ángeles Custodios. Author: Almudena de Arteaga. Language: Spanish. Publisher: B de bolsillo. A good historical novel which tells us, among other things, how the first international vaccination campaign against smallpox was carried out by the Balmis Expedition at the beginning of the 19th century.

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Title: ¿Homeopatía? Va a ser que no. Author: Arturo Quirantes Sierra. Language: Spanish. Publisher: Independently publised. This book tackles, in a simple way, the complicated arguments used by homeopathy to justify itself. The author explains in detail that the theories about the mechanism of homeopathy have not been demonstrated, and that it has not been possible to demonstrate any benefits of homeopathic treatments either, beyond the placebo effect.