{"id":101,"date":"2012-01-23T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lemonstolemonade\/?p=101"},"modified":"2012-01-23T07:11:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T07:11:38","slug":"laughter-really-is-the-best-medicine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lemonstolemonade\/2012\/01\/23\/laughter-really-is-the-best-medicine-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughter Really Is The Best Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/321\/2012\/01\/Picture-34.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/321\/2012\/01\/Picture-34.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 1999, Saranne Rothberg was diagnosed with early stage IV cancer. And while getting chemotherapy one day at the hospital, she had a revelation: laughter truly is the best medicine! Laughter makes coping with trauma easier. And laughter can be shared with everyone.<\/p>\n<p>That very year, Saranne launched the <a title=\"Comedy Cures Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comedycures.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ComedyCures Foundation<\/strong><\/a>, a national non-profit organization dedicated to bringing laughter and therapeutic humor programs to kids and adults living with illness, depression, trauma and disabilities. This remarkable woman has helped hundreds of thousands of people find their funny bone during their darkest hours.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s been heralded by Good Morning America, Oprah Magazine, Yahoo!, and The New York Times among others for her amazing contributions. And I can\u2019t wait to see what she does (or says!) next.<\/p>\n<p>Visit their site to make a <a title=\"donation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comedycures.org\/help.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>donation<\/strong> <\/a>to Comedy Cures and help bring laughter to someone\u2019s life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In 1999, Saranne Rothberg was diagnosed with early stage IV cancer. And while getting chemotherapy one day at the hospital, she had a revelation: laughter truly is the best medicine! Laughter makes coping with trauma easier. And laughter can be shared with everyone. 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