Laughaste is a hilarious yoga routine she created that is a descendant of "laughter clubs" that emerged in India in the 1990s ...

Q:I hiccup when I laugh really hard. What is the reason for that? -- Beth, Cincinnati A:Welcome to the club. Many people experience singultus (that's science-speak for hiccups) when they laugh, cry or ...

The cortisol effect cascades to implications in the brain that may even translate to preserving memory.

Portrait of a handsome man laughing while looking at laptop.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/nortonrsx) Everyone likes a good belly laugh from time to time, and science ...

Laughter is the best medicine, or so the cliché goes. Actually, given the choice between laughter and, say, penicillin or chemotherapy, you’re probably better off choosing one of the latter. Still, a ...

Laughter is gaining re-spect as an effective medicine for what ails us. Al-though laughing is a human activity that should come naturally, in our fast-paced, highly structured society we tend to keep ...