Laughter has an infectious quality. One individual begins to laugh, and soon the whole room is in hysterics. Yet, beyond its capacity to ease tension or uplift spirits, laughter is growing in ...

A client jokingly told me his cat was traumatized because “it heard profanity” in the house. I thought he said the cat was upset because of “turd profanity.” I asked, “Is there something about ‘turds’ ...

It seems that laughter therapy is no joke. Structured interventions that aim to tickle our funny bone, like laughter yoga or hospital clowns, really do appear to reduce anxiety and improve life ...

This study assessed the impact of laughter therapy in both patients with cancer and caregivers, and both groups showed decreases in mood disturbances, in addition to decreases in pain for patients and ...

Laughter has been called "the best medicine" for many decades — and now there’s scientific proof. A study from the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre in Brazil has shown that regular chuckling ...

Sunny Turner said her children initially thought laughter therapy "was a load of rubbish" A laughter therapist who had not "properly" laughed for 20 years said giggling transformed her mental health.

First, you must not take this too seriously - but you should also take it to heart. That's the mantra, and the model, of Patch Adams. Dr. Patch Adams, MD is a legend. (They made a movie about him in ...