Nothing prompts laughter as reliably as physical humor. In every culture, people can relate to things like mild injury, meager strength, ill health, and poor sexual performance.

No Joke: Humor Therapy Helps Cancer Patients Heal. Associated Press. Published November 28, 2008 7:43am EST ... Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Humor is an underappreciated element in psychotherapy—one that can reduce anxiety, increase perspective, and strengthen the psychotherapeutic relationship.

"Physical" director-executive producer Stephanie Laing told UPI the 1980s-set comedy about a woman with self-image issues who creates a fitness empire was totally in her creative wheelhouse.

An intervention termed “humor therapy” was as effective as antipsychotic medications in reducing agitation in dementia patients, a recent Australian study found. The study, referred to as the ...

World Physical Therapy Day is observed annually on Sept. 8 to honor the works of physiotherapists who help their patients to stay fit and well, and thereby build a healthy community.