A new, first-of-its kind study has demonstrated that laughter can indeed be good medicine – especially for those with heart disease. Researchers, including Marco Saffi from the Hospital de Clínicas de ...

As we enter the new year, I have found that it's a good time to stop and take stock of who we are and how we act. In my case, at 78 and in the “winter” of my life, I find more things to laugh about, ...

People often say that laughter is the best medicine, and it seems that this saying may be more accurate than we realise.

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 ...

So, laughter really is the best medicine. A mere chuckle is enough to expand cardiac tissue and increase the flow of oxygen throughout the body, thus exercising a weakened heart, according to a new ...

The old adage that "laughter is the best medicine" may contain an element of truth when it comes to heart health.

And it’s proven to be sooo true, with scientific evidence to back up the wide range of health benefits. Laughter stimulates your organs, activates your stress response, soothes tension, improves your ...

Mental health is complex because it runs the gamut of one to ten, with ten being not good and one being the bottom of the dark hole. Topics on how to improve mental health are on the entire spectrum.

Can fidgeting and belly laughing keep your heart ticking? Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the US since the American Heart Association was founded in 1924, and the AHA warns that ...

My husband, Don, likes to say that he needs to laugh every day (but only cry once or twice a year). I appreciate and admire his good nature, and I’m sure his ability to see the humor in life helps him ...