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Sometimes, it is funny! The Straight Talk about Funnies Laughter reduces serum cortical (a hormone released during the stress response). Laughter increases immunoglobin A (an antibody that helps fight upper respiratory disease). Laughter increases tolerance to pain. Laughter increases heart rate, pulse rate, and "juggles" the internal organs. Laughing for 15 seconds adds two days to the life span. Laughing 100 times a day is equal to a 10-minute session of rowing. A team of Maryland medical researchers found that people with heart disease were 40 percent less likely to laugh in humorous situations than those with healthy hearts. In "Anatomy of an Illness," Norman Cousins writes about his belief that he recovered from a usually irreversible and crippling connective tissue disease by laughing at Marx Brothers movies. |
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