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Grab your iPod, CD player, tape deck, or radio and listen to your favorite music. New research shows that listening to one's favorite music can improve blood vessel function and cardiovascular condition. In fact, listening to favorite music dilates blood vessels in the same manner as positive emotions such as laughing, exercising or taking blood pressure medication. So turn up the volume and listen to music as you go through your day!

Source: MedicineNet; Michael Miller, M.D., director, Center for Preventive Cardiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore; Carl J. Lavie, M.D., medical director, cardiac rehabilitation, and prevention director, Stress Testing Laboratory, Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, New Orleans; Nov. 11, 2008, presentation, American Heart Association's annual scientific sessions, New Orleans.