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LAUGHING
AT CANCER ON WORLD LAUGHTER DAY
World Laughter Day is May 4th and people
all over the world are going to be gathering
for laughfests. Afterall, laughter has
been proven to reduce stress, improve
heart health and aid in weight loss.
What could be a better reason to get
your laugh on than that? How about helping
people with cancer.
Harold H. Benjamin, PhD, is quoted as
saying, "Laughter in and of itself
cannot cure cancer nor prevent cancer,
but laughter as part of the full range
of positive emotions including hope,
love, faith, strong will to live, determination
and purpose, can be a significant and
indispensable aspect of the total fight
for recovery." |
Chicago businessman,
Bill Freed, did just that. "My
sweetheart Beverly, age 55, was diagnosed
last summer with Stage 4B Cancer of
the Cervix," Freed said. "Without
treatment, she was given six months
to live. With external radiation, internal
radiation and chemotherapy, she was
given a 10-15% chance to survive for
three years. We opted for the medical
treatment and supplemented it with an
hour of laughter each day. I've been
known as a funny fellow for most of
my life, so I took it upon myself to
coax as many giggles and guffaws per
day out of Beverly as was humanly possible.
We also played Hey U.G.L.Y's Laughtercising
CD of contagious laughter and found
that it was near impossible to listen
without laughing out loud. We exposed
Beverly to healing circles in local
churches and remote healing as well.
Eight months after starting treatment,
Beverly was tested and found to be cancer-free.
Truly a miracle - and I believe that
her positive attitude and commitment
to laughter were in great part responsible
for her recovery. I believe it is possible
to laugh your way back to good health."
According to University of California,
Irvine Professor Lee Berk, "If
we took what we know about the medical
benefits of laughter and bottled it
up, it would require FDA approval. Laughter
can lower blood pressure, trigger a
flood of endorphins - the brain chemicals
that can bring on euphoria and decrease
pain, and enhances our immune systems.
Gamma-interferon, a disease-fighting
protein, rises with laughter. So do
B-cells, which produce disease-destroying
antibodies, and T-cells, which orchestrate
our body's immune response. Laughter
lowers the flow of stress hormones,
which suppress the immune system, raise
blood pressure, and increase the number
of platelets, which cause clots and
potentially fatal coronary artery blockages."
The late author Norman Cousins credited
laughter with helping him beat a potentially
fatal connective tissue disease. After
his diagnosis, Cousins moved into a
hotel room, watched funny videos and
movies, read funny books and magazines--and
staged a stunning recovery.
So on World Laughter Day, along with
having a good laugh to make yourself
feel good, if you have a friend who
has cancer, visit them and help them
get in touch with their inner laughter.
Laughter really is the best medicine.
No joke! |
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