And they work on the belief that laughter really is good medicine. One clown says as she approaches a patient, "We test funny bones, to see if they're working. Do you know where your funny bone is?" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Think there's nothing funny about a hospital? This new NBC sitcom would beg to differ. TV writer Justin Spitzer turned a big-box ...

“Oops” is not what a patient expects from a hospital nurse fixing to administer a pain-relieving treatment. In my case she simply had squeezed an extra gob of ...

YORK, Pa. — Some dads tell jokes. Others live for them. And one security officer at WellSpan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital has made dad jokes his daily mission. Meet Marcus Engram: a towering ...

In an effort to increase awareness of breast cancer, Sugar Land Methodist Hospital, AnnaBelles clothing boutique and the American Cancer Society are putting together a "humorous" presentation on ...

Lorraine Urbanski says she believes that a sense of humor is a great enhancement to hospital volunteer work. She is still smiling over some of her experiences in the four years she has manned the ...

CHICAGO — If laughter is the best medicine, Cathy Risberg was wheeling a traveling pharmacy through the hallways of Park Ridge’s Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital one recent morning.