From lowering blood pressure and reducing inflammation to improving heart health and relieving stress, laughter has the power ...

Jay Gilchrist (left) and Chris Cotant, members of the Laughter Club, practice laughing exercises on Jan. 17 at the Iowa City Senior Center in Iowa City. The senior center holds the Laughter Club ...

“Like we say, exercise at least three to five days a week,” Miller said. “Belly laugh at least two to five days a week.” Although luminaries from the ancient Greeks to Freud have opined on the roots ...

Six in the morning is way too early for the kind of raucous guffaws that are echoing around a sports ground in central Bombay. Walkers and joggers are frowning at a group of 40 people hooting and ...

When Betty Brown first read about Laughter Yoga in 2008, it was only beginning to grow in the United States, with the nearest program online showing up in California -- a distance not easily traveled ...

The physiology of laughter: What happens in our bodies when we laugh? Laughter has been found to start from infancy between the second and sixth month of newborn life and is one of the first social ...

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 ...

On Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002, I attended a workshop about laughter at my church in St. Paul. The workshop had a catchy name, but I do not remember it. The presenter was a woman I had read about and ...

MIDDLETOWN — Billed as a "unique, uplifting wellness experience," "Joyful Breath," a free community wellness event at The Buttonwood Tree this weekend, will take place at 605 Main St. The Saturday ...