from Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2009 Jun;6(2):271-6
Stuber M, Hilber SD, Mintzer LL, Castaneda M, Glover D, Zeltzer L.
Semel Institute at UCLA, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759. mstuber@mednet.ucla.edu.
Although there are many clinical programs designed to bring humor into pediatric hospitals, there has been very little research with children or adolescents concerning the specific [...]
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from J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2004 Mar;42(3):18-25
MacDonald CM.
Nursing Services, Naval Medical Center San Diego, California 92134-1005, USA. cmmacdonald@nmcsd.med.navy.mil
There are several beneficial efforts attributed to humor and laughter, including improved immune function, increased pain tolerance, and decreased stress response. Humor therapy, laughter therapy, laughter meditation,and laughter clubs all have unique implications as group programs [...]
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from Aust Fam Physician. 2001 Jan;30(1):25-8
Hassed C.
Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, Monash University, Victoria.
BACKGROUND: The beneficial effect of humour on health has long been recognised anecdotally and intuitively but studying and quantifying that effect is difficult. ‘Studying humour is like dissecting a frog–you may know a lot but you end up with a [...]
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from Psychol Bull. 2001 Jul;127(4):504-19
Martin RA.
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada. ramartin@uwo.ca
All published research examining effects of humor and laughter on physical health is reviewed. Potential causal mechanisms and methodological issues are discussed. Laboratory experiments have shown some effects of exposure to comedy on several components of immunity, although [...]
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Posted in Laughter on Aug 1st, 2009
from Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2006 Jun;3(2):187-90
Bennett MP, Lengacher C.
Our results support a connection between sense of humor and self-reported physical health, however, it is difficult to determine the relationship to any specific disease process. Whereas relationships between sense of humor and self-reported measures of physical well-being appear to be supported, more research [...]
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from Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2008 Mar;5(1):37-40
Bennett MP, Lengacher C.
Indiana State University College of Nursing and University of South Florida.
This is part three of a four-part series reviewing the evidence on how humor influences physiological and psychological well-being. The first article included basic background information, definitions and a review of the theoretical underpinnings for [...]
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from Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2009 Jun;6(2):159-64
Bennett MP, Lengacher C.
Western Kentucky University, School of Nursing, AC Room 113D, 1906 College Heights Blvd # 11036, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1036, USA. E- mary.bennett@wku.edu.
This is the final article in a four part series reviewing the influence of humor and laughter on physiological and psychological well-being. This [...]
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from Psychosom Med. 2009 May;71(4):446-53
Vlachopoulos C, Xaplanteris P, Alexopoulos N, Aznaouridis K, Vasiliadou C, Baou K, Stefanadi E, Stefanadis C.
Peripheral Vessels Unit, 1st Cardiology Department, Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. cvlachop@otenet.gr
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of laughter and mental stress on arterial stiffness and central hemodynamics. Arterial stiffness and wave reflections are independent [...]
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from Life Sci. 2009 Jul 31;85(5-6):185-7
Hayashi T, Murakami K.
Foundation for Advancement of International Science, Bio-Laboratory, 586-9 Akatsuka-Ushigafuchi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0062, Japan. hayashi@fais.or.jp
This report mainly summarizes the results of our study in which the physiological effects of laughter–as a positive emotional expression–were analyzed with respect to gene expression changes to demonstrate the hypothesis that the mind [...]
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from Med Hypotheses. 2009 May 26
Miller M, Fry WF.
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
It has become increasingly recognized and more widely acknowledged during the past several decades, that a complex relationship exists between behavior associated with emotion and the human cardiovascular (CV) system. Early studies focused [...]
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