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Laughter is the best medicine, or so the cliché goes. Actually, given the choice between laughter and, say, penicillin or chemotherapy, you’re probably better off choosing one of the latter. Still, a great deal of research shows that humor is extraordinarily therapeutic, mentally and physically.

Laughing in the face of tragedy seems to shield a person from its effects. A 2013 review of studies found that among elderly patients, laughter significantly alleviated the symptoms of depression. Another study, published early this year, found that firefighters who used humor as a coping strategy were somewhat protected from PTSD. Laughing also seems to ease more-quotidian anxieties. One…

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How your sense of humor can improve your health, get you pregnant, and even save your life. Laughter is the best medicine, or so the cliché goes. Actually, given the choice between laughter and, say, penicillin or chemotherapy, you’re probably better off choosing one of the latter. Still, a great deal of research shows that humor is extraordinarily therapeutic, mentally and physically.

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Six Science-Based Reasons Why Laughter Is The Best Medicine

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 drug with the contagious power of a virus that conveys a slew of benefits for the mind and body. Below are six findings that should keep us wanting to laugh it up.

MedicalJokes.net

Because laughter is the best medicine

AhaJokes.com

Medical jokes and humor, relating to patients, doctors, nurses, insane patients, about medicine in general, and more

HospitalClown.com

The clowning we do is called caring clowning as it appeals directly to the heart. It is not coping humor, it is hoping humor.

Medical Laughter.com

Welcome to the world of medical humor, the future of laughter production. Within the confines of this website you will find humor at the expense of almost every field of a profession that is uniquely one of the few careers in the world where the laborers cause pain and get paid for it.

Medical World

Medical news from the whole world plus medical jokes and cartoons.

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The best site to find menopause information, menopause symptoms, menopause support and menopause humor!

NursingHumor.com

Various jokes related to the most respected profession, nursing.

Rx Laughter

Rx Laughter is grounded in the principles of Positive Psychology and the connection between humor and health

The Doctor's Name List

List of funny and peculiar names.

The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices

World-renowned expert on Medical Quackery and Health Fraud,and founder of The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, which is now located at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

WorkJoke

Funny doctor jokes.

Charlotte's Web

A huge collection of jokes

Comedy.com

We believe that comedy is fundamentally a community experience; it is more fun to laugh with others than alone. So we've created COMEDY.COM to bring you the best comedy content on the web and the best tools to help you share that content with family, friends, and hated enemies. We're just as committed to helping you do the most with the content that you make or upload.

Humor Matters

If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy.

Seussville

Seussville–the official home of Dr. Seuss on the Web–is the place for children of all ages to play and learn with Dr. Seuss’s wonderfully whimsical books and classic characters.

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