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

Cardiologists want you to exercise -- but did you know that belly laughing can also be a boon for heart health?

Modern research suggests that laughing just two to five times a week can release nitric oxide in your blood, opening up vessels like a tiny internal traffic cop, lowering blood pressure, inflammation, ...

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, ...

There's way more to our giggles and guffaws than simply thinking something is funny. We asked a laughter expert to explain. No vocalization is more universal (or unifying) than laughter. There are no ...

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 ...

As we enter the new year, I have found that it's a good time to stop and take stock of who we are and how we act. In my case, at 78 and in the “winter” of my life, I find more things to laugh about, ...

"When considering lifestyle changes to improve health, people often overlook the benefits of laughter," Michael Richardson, M.D., a family physician with Carbon Health in Boston, told Fox News Digital ...

Laughter is an everyday reminder that we humans are animals. In fact, when recorded laughter is slowed down, listeners can’t tell whether the sound is from a person or an animal. We throw our heads ...

Source: Tokyo National Museum / Public Domain This is a public service announcement! Even during the most fraught times, we are allowed to laugh. Not only can we give ourselves permission to laugh, ...

Unusual or uncontrollable laughter can signal serious health issues, according to neurologist Dr. Sudhir Kumar. Conditions like gelastic seizures, laughter-induced syncope, pathological laughter, and ...