Laughter verily may be the best me...

Laughter verily may be the best medicine, according to a report in the Feb 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr Hajime Kimata of Unitika Central Hospital in Japan studied the issues of laughter on patients allergic to dust mites, cedar pollen and cat dander. Skin prick criterions using a commercial allergen were performed upon 26 patients before and after they viewed the classic comedy new Times featuring Charlie Chaplin. The same action was performed with patients shown a video featuring weather information.

The terminates showed that allergic reactions were reduc for four hours after the viewing of the comedy In contrast, there was no tenor on allergic responses after the weather video. likewise what does this all mean, watch more comedies and les weather reports? In law although the study was limited, it does recommend that, for some unknown reason laughter may play about role in alleviating allergies.

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