Medical research has found that happiness has a strongly beneficial effect on health. The properties of laughter (1) are such that laughter is now being used alongside more serious (2) courses of traditional treatment (3) in some hospitals. In a London children’s hospital, for example, treatment two clowns are provided for the amusement (4) of patients. Doctors entertain say that these clowns are successful (5) in making the children feel better. It seems that when we laugh, there can be an improvement (6) in reducing both blood pressure and the amount of tension (7) in our muscles. Although it is impossible (8) to prove it at the moment, this may also mean that people who feel unhappy and who are, therefore, unlikely (9) to laugh so much, suffer more often from physical illness (10).

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