‘Laughter therapy’ is shown to reduce heart disease risk in Brazilian study: 'Exciting to see'
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A Brazilian study has shown that "laughter therapy" expands heart tissue and promotes the flow of oxygen, thus reducing the risk of cardiac events in patients with coronary artery disease.
"Laughter therapy" was also shown to improve the health of those who already had heart disease. "The best therapy for heart disease is lifestyle modification and risk factor modification." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
"Our study found that laughter therapy increased the functional capacity of the cardiovascular system," said the lead author, Professor Marco Saffi, when presenting the study’s findings at the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology in Amsterdam this week.
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