Laughter yoga - hasya yoga - combines stretches, breathing and giggles.
UMich.edu - “Ho ho, ha ha ha,” students in a yoga fitness class at the University of Michigan Health System chant repeatedly while clapping their hands and walking around the room.
They’re just getting warmed up; in the next half-hour, they will stretch their muscles and [...]

FCCC.edu - A woman’s daily stress can reduce her ability to fight off a common sexually transmitted disease (HPV) and increase her risk of developing the cervical cancer it can cause, according to a new study. No such association is seen, however, between past major life events, such as divorce or job loss, and the [...]

Children whose mothers are chronically stressed during their early years have a higher asthma rate than their peers, regardless of their income, gender or other known asthma risk factors.
“It is increasingly clear that traditional environmental risk factors do not fully explain the origins of asthma,” said lead investigator, Anita Kozyrskyj, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the [...]

Mayo Clinic - Forgiveness may be good for your health, according to the January 2008 issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource.
Holding a grudge appears to affect or stress the cardiovascular and nervous systems. In one study, people who focused on a personal grudge had elevated blood pressure and heart rates, as well as increased muscle [...]

JAMA / Archives - A 20-minute evening back massage may help relieve pain and reduce anxiety following the stress of major surgery when given in addition to pain medications, according to a report in the December 2007 issue of Archives of Surgery.
Many patients still experience pain following major surgery despite the availability of pain-relieving medications, [...]

Yale University—Boosting an exercise-related gene in the brain works as a powerful anti-depressant in mice—a finding that could lead to a new antidepressant drug target, according to a Yale School of Medicine report in Nature Medicine.
“The VGF exercise-related gene and target for drug development could be even better than chemical antidepressants because it is already [...]