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Documented Support for the Healing and Positive Effects of Laughter and Humor
- "There is a link between sense of humor and longevity." Raymond A. Moody, M.D., in Laugh after Laugh: The Healing Power of Humor.
- "Laughter relieves tension, breaks negative holding patterns, and helps put our problems in perspective." Emrika Padus, Executive Editor, Prevention Magazine.
- "Positive emotions such as humor and laughter help us to keep our immune system strong and defend us against sickness." Norman Cousins in Anatomy of an Illness.
- "Laughter is good physical exercise: Muscles are activated; heart rate is increased; respiration is amplified, with increase in oxygen exchange - all similar to the desirable effects of athletic exercise." William J. Fry, Jr., M.D., Stanford University researcher on the physiology of laughter.
- "I break down the word humor into 'you-more'. For me, humor is something that makes you feel more self-confident, more connected to other people, more relaxed, more part of a group." Dr. Joel Goodman, Director of The Humor Project, at the Saratoga Institute, a nonprofit educational training and resource organization in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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