Humor and Its Effects on Cancer Patients

Intuitively, one wouldn’t think that something as familiar and as simple as humor could be significant in relation to cancer. Even scientists and researchers struggle to find any noteworthy findings on the specific physiological effects of humor in the human body. Part of the reason for this problem is the complexity of the topic, particularly how a researcher would be able to quantify or concretize humor itself. Intuitively, one wouldn’t think that something as familiar and as simple as humor could be significant in relation to cancer. 

However, the direct effect of humor is not the only way for it to …read more