Careful with the bedside banter, doctors. Before you put on your best Patch Adams impression, you might want to consider whether your attempts at humor will ease your patient's discomfort or give him a protruding hernia.

That's the conclusion of a review paper in the Christmas issue of BMJ that asks the jolly question of whether laughter can kill. The two authors, R. E. Ferner of the University of Birmingham and J. K. Aronson of Oxford University—no JK-ing, those are his real initials—take a tongue-in-cheek approach. They even give their research question an acronym: MIRTH (Methodical Investigation of Risibility, Therapeutic and Harmful).

Ferner and Aronson scoured medical literature for studies having to do with laughter. After "excluding papers on the Caribbean sponge Prosuberites laughlini and with authors called Laughing, Laughter, Laughton, or McLaughlin," they were left with three categories of study. One had to do with the benefits of laughter, one with its dangers, and the third with medical conditions that have laughter as a symptom.

Let's hear the bad news first. Laughter, according to various researchers, can lead to syncope (fainting), arrhythmia, and cardiac rupture. In asthmatics, laughing can trigger an attack. Laughing can even cause pneumothorax, a collapsed lung. People with cataplexy, a rare condition tied to narcolepsy, may suddenly lose all their muscle strength and collapse during a fit of laughter. An especially good laugh can make a person's hernia protrude, or dislocate someone's jaw.

Among the more pedestrian dangers, breathing in sharply when you start to laugh can make you choke. Laughing in someone's face can spread germs. And, of course, there's the danger of pee coming out when you laugh, which doctors call "giggle incontinence."

The authors also gathered a list of about three dozen medical conditions that have been reported—commonly or not—to cause laughter. These include epilepsy, brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, and kuru (a disease you are unlikely to contract unless you're a practicing cannibal).

Now for the good news. Laughter may increase your pain tolerance, reduce stiffness in the walls of your arteries, and even lower your risk of a heart attack. In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), laughter can improve lung function. Fifteen minutes of laughter reportedly burns 40 calories, which fitness-wise makes it similar to a very slow walk (or, according to Fitness magazine, barbecuing.)

Most strangely, one study used clowns to try to (indirectly) get women pregnant. Immediately after undergoing IVF, women were subjected to 12 to 15 minutes of entertainment by "a clown, dressed as a chef de cuisine." Among these women, 36 percent became pregnant, compared to just 20 percent in a control group.

Perhaps aspiring clowns themselves, the authors can't resist throwing in a few puns of their own: "Laughing fit to burst can cause cardiac rupture." "Perhaps surgical patients derive no advantage from being in stitches." "It remains to be seen whether...sick jokes make you ill, [or] dry wit causes dehydration." I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that, knowing the potentially serious side effects of laughter, they chose to spare their - See more at: http://inkfish.fieldofscience.com/#sthash.afRM3JuN.dpuf

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Red Prom Dresses

Thursday, August 22, 2013, Ali Larter was in Los Angeles to attend the Festa Italiana in the third annual Festival of Food & Wine. And the least we can say is that it met all the characteristics of "bombesque." For the occasion, the actress of "Heroes" series wearing a red dress with poppy curtains and Spaghetti. Had a belt mark the waist high enough that ideally structured the slim silhouette of young woman and particularly flattered her glamorous curves. To fit perfectly in the spirit of "summer evening casual but chic," Ali Larter opted for a fairly fluid three quarter length. This simple but dainty outfit was accessorized with a simple pair of heeled sandals and a copper-colored pouch, all in snake print. The coat color is bright, smooth and tangy, no need to do too much. The actress has decided to not wear earrings or necklace or bracelet to avoid overloading the figure. The ultimate in effortless elegance.

Side make-up, same principle. http://www.trendget.com/filter=red_prom-dresses-c-1242_1249/ allowing Ali Larter to dazzle the red carpet as a person. This color is the centerpiece of its look and it is not useful to take a make-up too pressed. Quite the contrary. With such an outfit better bet on a bright and healthy complexion and a nice lipstick. The actress had understood the situation perfectly. Question beauty look, then, the American had just tied her hair, letting out some blonde locks around her face and was merely a stroke of mascara on the eyes and a pink gloss flesh.

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Black and White Evening Dresses Never Get Wrong

Evening occasions are mainly divided into three categories according to the formality: formal, semi formal, and casual. Different occasions call for different styles of evening dresses. The formality of your evening dress should match well with the evening occasion. Therefore, a lot of ladies are quite confused before they attend the evening parties. They do not know which evening dress they should dress in. Some of them even do not understand whether the occasions they are going to attend are formal or not. 

It is impossible to give some detailed information about your evening dress, because I also do not know the nature of your occasion. However, I could offer you a smart tip for choosing evening dress regardless of the formality of the occasion. That is, choosing a black or a white evening gown is never wrong. The timeless looks of black and white evening dresses make them suitable for any occasion. If you are going to a formal evening charity party, a black evening dress or a white evening dress will be OK. If you wear the same dress to an evening cocktail party, it will also be suitable. In a word, black and white evening dresses never get wrong.

 

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Short Maternity Evening Dresses

Cool and comfortable short evening dresses are always the favorite of most ladies in hot summer, especially for most pregnant women. Unlike long ones, short evening dresses are light and concise, which decrease the burden of the mothers-to-be.

Most pregnant ladies pursue elegant appearances in their evening parties, even though they have larges bellies. Short evening dresses are less elegant than long ones. However, some short ones will also be quite graceful if you choose the right fabrics and proper designs. Short chiffon maternity evening dress is just a good example. The chiffon fabric possesses natural grace, which surely will create an elegant short evening dress. Exquisite lace is also a good selection. Although lace lacks of elasticity, a short lace maternity evening dress can still be comfortable and elegant for pregnant women, as long as some pregnancy-friendly features are employed, such as empire waist.

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It you are a fashionable mother-to-be, short evening dresses will also satisfy your demands. Printed dresses get popular in this summer. You may a printed short maternity evening dress to display your fashion taste. Perhaps, you may pick a short maternity evening dress with a fashionable high-low hemline. Such a hi-lo maternity evening dress must set a fashion image for you.

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DressWe Is Suitable For Everyone!

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    When people talked about dresses, it seems like all the dresses are prepared for young ladies, but one day, the youth will become old, so they should be forgotten in a party?
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    If you are tall, you can choose a high low party dress. Don’t be shy about fashion. Fashion is all around us till we die. High low party dresses for women over 40 is a nice choice to show our taste. And if you are not that tall, choose a A-line dress is OK enough. Not to be too exaggerated, just like a lily flower is a wise choice in a  party.
    Besides, if you have no idea about what to wear, you can contact with DressWe. They have professional designer team which can

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Plus Size Evening Dresses

Eva Longoria has become one of the most glamorous of all Hollywood actresses, but she has a secret beauty that we reveal to you exclusively!
Eva Longoria got acclaim of celebrity thanks to his role as Gabrielle in the hit series Desperate Housewives. Always dapper, both in the series on the red carpet, Eva Longoria had a trick to keep the line at all times. Please note that the revelation is significant: Eva Longoria wears a jacket!

And yes, to bring the most sumptuous as each other and appear to the world with a wasp waist dresses, Eva Longoria adopted a sexy sheath, one of the models that are selling you the effects in emissions teleshopping. Thus, the wife of our national Tony Parker hides his small beads by the same methods as most women.

I must say that this jacket is also Eva Longoria response to all those who thought she was pregnant because of a small emerging belly. Eva Longoria that belied expect a child, explained that she had just gained weight during the U.S. screenwriters' strike, a few months ago. The sheath that hides this little bottle, it may also be a way to silence the rumors.

What you should remember this Plus Size Evening Dresses information from http://www.trendget.com/filter=plus-size_evening-dresses-c-1242_1250/, ladies, is that to look like Eva Longoria and all the stars red carpet, do not hesitate to adopt the jacket!
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