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We’ve all heard the phrase “laughter is the best medicine.” Well, it turns out, it might be true. Laughing, smiling, and finding joy is good for your mental health. Laughter can help you stay mentally ...

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 ...

Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh. The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles —“oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha”— soon ripples into genuine ...

When I was little, I tended to fall into bouts of uncontrollable laughter. Basically, once I started laughing, I found it very difficult to stop. The problem was particularly acute in contexts where I ...

"When considering lifestyle changes to improve health, people often overlook the benefits of laughter," Michael Richardson, M.D., a family physician with Carbon Health in Boston, told Fox News Digital ...

There's way more to our giggles and guffaws than simply thinking something is funny. We asked a laughter expert to explain. No vocalization is more universal (or unifying) than laughter. There are no ...

Sometimes people, particularly kids, say things that you just know you shouldn’t laugh at but you do anyway because, well, even your better angels can’t stop you. Such was the case with a teen boy, ...

Laughter is an everyday reminder that we humans are animals. In fact, when recorded laughter is slowed down, listeners can’t tell whether the sound is from a person or an animal. We throw our heads ...

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(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 ...