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Why Laughter Is The Best Medicine

Posted by timothy on from the because-of-reader's-digest dept.

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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  1. -1 when it goes into voting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This story was stolen verbatim from Kuro5hin.

  2. phrist poast!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp.
    fp.
    fp

    first post, bitch!!

    OH YEAH!!!! Feel that? Yeah!!!

    Word to yo momz and popz. Propz to all ded homiez.

    w00t, booyah an' all dat schiznidt!!!

    hugs and giggles,

    -ac

  3. more info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, more info here http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/ 10/2/113715/769. Why bother posting things that are also top-posted at kuro5hin? it's on the fucking sidebar for fucks sake.

  4. Plagarised Article by egg+troll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I thought this story looked familiar. Have the editors become so lazy they're just scooping stories from K5 now?

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