Laughing helps arteries and boosts blood flow

Laughing helps arteries and boosts blood flow
"Laughing helps arteries and boosts blood flow
By Andy Coghlan, NewScientist.com, 07 March 2005

Laughing appears to be almost as beneficial as a workout in boosting the health of blood vessels, a new study suggests.

'Thirty minutes of exercise three times a week and 15 minutes of hearty laughter each day should be part of a healthy lifestyle,' says Michael Miller of the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, US, whose team has shown that laughter relaxes arteries and boosts blood flow."

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