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?" ...

Think there's nothing funny about a hospital? This new NBC sitcom would beg to differ. TV writer Justin Spitzer turned a big-box store into fertile ground for a sitcom with NBC's "Superstore," which ...

“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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.