{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The American Institute of Stress","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.stress.org","author_name":"Paul Rosch, MD, FAIS","author_url":"https:\/\/www.stress.org\/author\/prosch\/","title":"Laughter Lowers Stress, Helps your Heart and Lengthens Your Life - The American Institute of Stress","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FBn8MD939l\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stress.org\/news\/laughter-lowers-stress-helps-your-heart-and-lengthens-your-life\/\">Laughter Lowers Stress, Helps your Heart and Lengthens Your Life<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stress.org\/news\/laughter-lowers-stress-helps-your-heart-and-lengthens-your-life\/embed\/#?secret=FBn8MD939l\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Laughter Lowers Stress, Helps your Heart and Lengthens Your Life&#8221; &#8212; The American Institute of Stress\" data-secret=\"FBn8MD939l\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.stress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/a-diverse-group-of-friends-together-laughing-and-having-a-good-time-16x9-1024x576-1.webp","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":576,"description":"The stress reduction and health rewards of laughter have long been recognized. Solomon tells us \u201cA merry heart doeth good like a medicine\u201d (Proverbs 17:22) and laughter might also be the best medicine for your heart according to a recent study. Researchers randomly assigned 20 non-smoking, healthy men and women to view a 15\u201330 minute segment of a movie designed to induce mental stress and another that made most people laugh. Numerous measurements of arterial blood flow using an ultrasound technique were made prior to and for an hour following the viewing of each film. Blood flow was found to be restricted in 14 of 20 subjects after the stressful film but increased in 19 of 20 after the film that made them laugh. The average difference between these two responses was greater than 50 percent. The reduction in blood flow after the sad film was equivalent to doing mental arithmetic under time pressure while the increase following the funny film was similar to that seen with aerobic exercise."}