Switching the sound of a hospital beep to a more “musical” one can improve patient care — and avoid “alarm fatigue” Getty The beeping alarms used in hospitals have been “widely criticized” for going ...

Not all smoke detectors are equal, and the type of smoke detector installed in many homes might not sound off in all fires. Smoke alarm manufacturers sell alarms with two types of technology.

Your choice of alarm could affect how groggy you feel after waking up, research indicates. A team of Australian scientists from RMIT University in Melbourne found that melodic alarms were linked to ...