Feeling run down? Try laughing more. Some researchers think laughter just might be the best medicine, helping you feel better and putting that spring back in your step. "I believe that if people can ...

"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 ...

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, ...

Laughter, a universal and contagious emotional expression, offers numerous physical and mental health benefits. It reduces stress hormones, boosts the immune system, releases endorphins, and improves ...

Laughter can be pleasurable for its own sake — a way to bond with others or even signal who belongs in a group and who does not. It may also improve health. Mental and physical health affect one ...

Amusement and pleasant surprises – and the laughter they can trigger – add texture to the fabric of daily life. Those giggles and guffaws can seem like just silly throwaways. But laughter, in response ...

Intuitively, we know that laughter is one of the best tools we have for dealing with stress, and science backs that up. In fact, research into laughter goes even further, revealing that it's a potent ...

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 ...