The cortisol effect cascades to implications in the brain that may even translate to preserving memory.

Does laughing strengthen your heart? Cardiologist explains why he prescribes belly laughs for his patients and how laughing boosts heart health like exercise.

You know the feeling (hopefully!): Something silly sets you off – a movie, a joke, or maybe someone near you slips and falls – and you burst into laughter. It feels good to laugh. And since the 1970s, ...

On the fourth Sunday of every month Venerable Suco Hue Huong, the Buddhist nun who anchors Buu Hung Buddhist Monastery in east Vancouver, offers a no-nonsense lecture about life, death and the human q ...

A giggle a day, keeps the doctor away: The health benefits of laughter - Just a few minutes a day is enough to improve heart and immune function ...

Read full article: A Florida fisherman was mad that dolphins were ‘stealing’ his catch, so he poisoned at least 24 and shot 5 of them: NOAA Sometimes all it takes is a good joke to turn our day around ...

Laughter may be as effective as eye drops in improving symptoms of dry eye syndrome, according to a clinical trial recently published in the BMJ. Characterised by chronic eye discomfort, instability ...

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 ...