In the 1960s, Norman Cousins, the then editor of the Saturday Review discharged himself from hospital, locked himself in a hotel room, and proceeded to watch Marx Brothers movies and Candid Camera episodes. Cured, he wrote a book on the incident, became a household name in doing so, and his experience has been studied and debated by medical researchers ever since. Scientists have speculated for decades on the link between laughter and health, citing endorphins and other biological pathways to explain the effect. The bottom line is that we all know we feel better after a good laugh. So while … Continue reading →