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Being in Stitches Might Soothe the Itches   

By  Neil Osterweil WebMD Medical

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"These results suggest that the induction of laughter may play some role in alleviating allergic diseases," writes Hajime Kimata, MD, PhD, an allergist in Kyoto, Japan. Also suggesting that laughter somehow helped to put the immune system in a better humor.

 

Laughter won't set a broken leg or cure the common cold, but it can help the body to heal itself, says psychologist Steve Sultanoff, PhD, president of the American Association for Therapeutic Humor.

 

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