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 ...

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 ...

For thousands of years, versions of the saying “laughter is the best medicine” have emerged in religious, scientific and popular literature—and for good reason. Laughter helps our neurological, ...

Laughter is arguably the best medicine. When life feels gloomy, a dose of humor is the easiest way to brighten up your day. In fact, studies show that laughter actually has real-life health benefits: ...

Albert Ofosu Nketia had the world cracking up as he went from tears to hysterical laughter in a video that’s been circulating TikTok. With all the horrible things going on in the world, we deserve a ...

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The US in 2023 seems increasingly to consist of those who live in fear of giving offense, and those ready to take it. Today’s heightened sensitivity can catalyze a valuable raising of consciousness.

On January 30th, 1962, an all-girls boarding school in Kashasha, Tanganyika, witnessed one of the oddest types of mass hysteria ever recorded in human history: The Laughter Epidemic. This epidemic, ...