Humor can be one of our best survival tools.

Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.

The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.

Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.

No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.

Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.

Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer.