Articles Tagged ‘humor’
BioPsychoSocial Health | By September 01, 2008 | By Jennifer Gibson, PharmD | 9 Comments
Laughter is the Best - and Possibly Oldest - Medicine
We have all heard the old adage before: laughter is the best medicine. But, it might just be among the oldest medicine. In a report published by the University of Wolverhampton, and commissioned by the British television channel Dave, the world’s oldest joke can be traced back to 1900 BC. Not surprisingly, the list of the world’s top 10 oldest jokes includes the ever-popular bathroom humor and much sexual innuendo.
Empirical medical research confirms that people who smile and laugh are generally happy, and people who do not, are not. The benefits of humor and laughter as complementary medicine, as well as just a healthy life practice, are unequivocal. Read more →
- The Lighter Side of Medicine
With healthcare being the stressful and serious environment it is, sometimes we can lose the lighter side of medicine. I wanted to share a few funny stories that have arisen from my training, in hopes that other professionals can get a chuckle, and share their own tales. 1. When I was a medical student... Read more →
Thursday, January 8, 2009
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- The Bipolar Trend
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- Are You Vegetarian? How Do You Get Enough Protein?
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- Is War A Psychosis?
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Health Care and Politics II - The Democrats
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- Deep Brain Stimulation for Pleasure
- Recent Drug Warnings About Suicide
- Sleeping on the Job - A Program Director’s Take on IOM Recommendations
- Work and Mental Health
- Why a Smartphone is a Dumb Idea
- Sometimes It’s Good to Be Cold - Therapeutic Hypothermia
- Recognizing the Man in the Mirror
- Brain Blogging, Forty-Second Edition
- Happiness is Contagious, If Not For a Fleeting Moment
- Look Me in the Eyes - From Eye Contact to “Fear Blindness”
- The Doctor Can’t See You Right Now, He’s Napping
- Suicide Rates Could Rise
- Gingko Study Proves Nothing
- Exercise to Keep Your Brain Healthy and Increase Cerebral Blood Flow
- Personal Health Records and Mental Health
- New Option for the Management of Acute Pain
- Depression and the Risk for Cardiovascular Events
- Beating the Biological Clock - Clinical Trials of Tasimelteon
- Ginkgo Biloba Ineffective for Preventing Dementia
- A Special Thanks - Remembering a Man Who Remembered No One
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