Long before modern brain imaging technologies illuminated the neurophysiological mechanisms that make laughter contagious, William James (1842-1910) observed, "We don't laugh because we're happy, ...

I have on several occasions referred to laughter as the “best medicine” just as many others do and over the years, I have expanded ...

Editor’s note: This column was originally published on March 21, 2021. It’s too late for Belly Laugh Day, but Let’s Laugh Day is March 19. May it be side-splitting. Betty Heath / From My Deck I’m ...

So much of our attitude about life and our capacity to meet life's challenges depends on the quality of the relationships we have, especially our most intimate relationships that when they go sour, ...

I have discovered that laughter is generational. What people my age think is comical can sometimes elicit a “Huh?” from someone 30 years younger. Long ago, we loaned our copy of the movie “Tom Jones” ...

People often say that laughter is the best medicine, and it seems that this saying may be more accurate than we realise. Ongoing trials are exploring whether “comedy-on-prescription” can boost mental ...

On the fourth Sunday of every month Venerable Suco Hue Huong, the Buddhist nun who anchors Buu Hung Buddhist Monastery in east Vancouver, offers a no-nonsense lecture about life, death and the human q ...