Why laughter isn't always the best medicineA fresh medical study called Recurrent Laughter-induced Syncope documents the existence of a paradoxical malady. Prior to reading the report,physicians might assume the phenomenon to be nothing more than a joke. A joke, they will learn, and is just the beginning of the problem.
The two authors,Drs Athanasios Gaitatzis and Axel Petzold, report their case in simple, and albeit technical,prose: "A healthy 42-year-ancient male patient presented to the neurology clinic with a long history of faints triggered by spontaneous laughter, especially after funny jokes … There was no evidence to suggest cardiogenic causes, and epilepsy,or cataplexy and a diagnosis of laughing syncope was made."Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com