Why Laughter Is The Best Medicine

John writes "We know that laughter can be helpful in stressful situations, but researchers are discovering that laughter can do a lot more. When we laugh, we not only create an overall feeling of well-being for ourselves, but also release cells such as Gamma-interferon, T-cells and B-cells - all of which make disease-destroying antibodies. Not only are we releasing more of them, we are also making these crucial cells more active. Organisations such as Camp Quality have acknowledged this -- naturally, their slogan affirms that 'laughter is the best medicine.' Click here to read more."

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About K5 [kuro5hin]

[techangel]

I submitted it to Kuro5hin.org before. But I did also submit it to Slashdot.org after.

Slashdot ain't stealing stuff =)

World's best medicine discovered?

[Tidan]

The world's funniest joke has just been discovered by a group of british scientists. The story is all over the web, here's the link to the CNN article.