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We now have doctors telling us that we need at least 15 minutes of laughter every day!

A laugh a day keeps the doctor away, study shows
  
A laugh a day keeps the doctor away, study shows.

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You can also access a link to a video recording describing the research mentioned in the article.

It's on the left side of the web page under Video
Click CTV News: John Vennavally-Rao on laughing benefit 1:50

 

The exiled leader of Tibet has been an enthusiastic collaborator in research on how the intense meditation practiced by Buddhist monks can train the brain to generate compassion and positive thoughts.

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Laugh out loud to burn a few calories

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Neural correlates of laughter and humour
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Positive Emotion and Psychophysiology Laboratory
University of Michigan

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Laughter's Influence
By Lew Harris
Jan. 9, 2001

Click picture or Click here to see the Review Article from Venderbilt University.

Since Jo-Anne Bachorowski began studying the differences in the ways that people laugh depending on the sex and familiarity of the company they are keeping, the assistant professor of psychology has been thrust into the media limelight.

           

The elevation of natural killer cell activity induced by laughter in a crossover designed study. K. Takahashi, M. Iwase, K. Yamashita, Y. Tatsumoto, H. Ue, H. Kuratsune, A. Shimizu and M. Takeda (Osaka, Japan)