Japanese Doctors Are a Bunch of Clowns

[Mulboyne]

Murakami - He's not joking

Mail & Guardian: Laughter may well be the best medicine
It's been said laughter is the best medicine, but no one has yet proved it. Now a Japanese scientist is unlocking the secrets of the funny bone, which he believes can cheer up people's genes. Geneticist Kazuo Murakami has teamed up on the study with an unlikely research partner: stand-up comedians, who he hopes -- no joke -- can turn their one-liners into efficient, low-cost medical treatment..."If we prove people can switch genes on and off by an emotion like laughter, it may be the finding of the century which should be worth the Nobel Prize or even go beyond that," said Murakami...more...
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[kurohinge1]

... Mail & Guardian: Laughter may well be the best medicine
... Geneticist Kazuo Murakami has teamed up on the study with an unlikely research partner: stand-up comedians, who he hopes -- no joke -- can turn their one-liners into efficient, low-cost medical treatment...

... "One day it won't be a joke to see patients receive a prescription for a comedy video at a pharmacy for medical treatment." ...

Is he the doctor or one of the comedians? ]... "I used to laugh a lot when I was young, but I realised that I had not laughed much since getting older," said Kiyomi Yamanaka, a ... housewife participating in the programme. "But after attending the event, my blood flow has become smooth and I can now get down on my knees, which I couldn't do before." ...[/QUOTE]

I'm sure Mr Yamanaka's very pleased!