syrinx

to health in a handbasket as yet another study indicates that humor and laughter are good medicine.

"The best clinicians understand that there is an intrinsic physiological intervention brought about by positive emotions such as mirthful laughter, optimism and hope," said study leader Lee Berk of Loma Linda University. And other research has found that humor makes us more hopeful.

another reason why depressives use humor to keep alive, no matter how much life sucks. ;-)

tags: humor medicine laughter

After I had my MRI in July, I raced to see if other people had the same enjoyment of the experience as I had. I found very few... but they are out there. So for the benefit of anyone else who loves getting an MRI, you can include me on your list.

Turns out I have something called Synesthesia - in my case I can see sound. Now to be honest I've experienced this all my life, but thought everyone had this. I did not know that it was something unique. Combined with the fact that I have aura with migraine, it's hard for me to separate the two.

tags: synesthesia mri brain medicine