Medical Journal Club article for October 2009:
Laughter prescription | Canadian Family Physician Journal -
“Although proponents of laughter and humour can be traced back to the Bible (“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones” [Proverbs 17:22]), and a variety of medical benefits of laughter have been supported through research, the scales seem to remain tipped markedly in the direction of caution.”
What is funny?