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laughter therapy

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laughter therapy
Healing humor Psychotherapy The use of humor to cope with major life trauma–stress, personal loss, and disappointment Physiology Laughter evokes endorphin release, ↓ BP, ↑ oxygenation of blood, IgA production


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Laughter therapy embraces the Eastern philosophy that all parts of the body are connected and that the body is treated as a whole.
In the meantime, even before tests are conclusive, health professionals have established laughter rooms at hospitals to boost the immune systems of cancer and heart patients, and physicians are designing recovery programs that include laughter therapy for a host of mental and physical ailments.
 
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