Modern research suggests that laughing just two to five times a week can release nitric oxide in your blood, opening up vessels like a tiny internal traffic cop, lowering blood pressure, inflammation, ...

There's way more to our giggles and guffaws than simply thinking something is funny. We asked a laughter expert to explain. No vocalization is more universal (or unifying) than laughter. There are no ...

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Cardiologists want you to exercise -- but did you know that belly laughing can also be a boon for heart health?

Greg Bryant, a professor at UCLA, explains his studies on laughter. Using acoustic analysis, he found that real laughter was more emotional, closer to animals, and fake laughter was closer to speech.

Laughter is one of life's greatest gifts. It makes our complex and often confusing existence decidedly more tolerable. There's nothing more satisfying than laughing until your stomach hurts, and there ...

The history of ‘the laugh track’ says much about what the makers of television thought of their audiences, writes Jennifer Keishin Armstrong. Charley Douglass didn’t like the laughter he was hearing.

On the Rich Little Broke Girls podcast, former Vice President Kamala Harris offered dating advice, urging women to choose ...

The Laugh Factory has found a new home on the Las Vegas Strip, according to Harry Basil, the show’s general manager during its years at Tropicana Las Vegas.

The Laugh Factory is hosting its 45th annual Christmas dinner that is aimed a bringing joy to all. President David Fuhrer ...