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 ...

Older adults who laugh more often are less likely to develop depression, according to a large study conducted in Japan. These ...

Laughter therapy, encompassing interventions such as laughter yoga and simulated laughter techniques, has increasingly attracted scientific interest for its potential to improve mental health. This ...

May 13, 2005 — -- Maybe that guy at the office who deliberately laughs at the boss's jokes has it right. A carefully cultivated ability to giggle might help you and the people around you feel ...

CURE® editors discuss last week’s biggest cancer headlines, from Dexter Scott King’s death to the potential of laughter therapy to boost quality of life. Last week, we saw some big headlines in the ...

The Atlantic Menopause Show brings women together to hear the latest research on mood changes and brain fog, hormone therapy ...

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’ ...

Laughter may be as effective as eye drops in improving symptoms of dry eye disease, finds a clinical trial from China published by The BMJ today The researchers suggest that laughter exercise could be ...

(RNS) — Wearing a bright pink tank top, Celeste Greene enthusiastically pops off the Zoom screen, clapping as she chants: “HO HO. HA HA HA. HO HO. HA HA HA. YAY,” each smack of her forceful hands ...

A favorite writer of mine, Geraldine Brooks, lost her husband to a sudden heart attack several years ago. In “Memorial Days,” her reflection on coming to terms with grief, she wrote this: “Of all the ...