The ComedyCures Foundation
Laughter is the Best Medicine
The ComedyCures Foundation is thrilled to bring you a daily dose of laughter therapy. Be sure to turn to CancerCompassSM, everyday, to listen to a different comedy bit to liven your spirits. Throughout the day, you can hear a hilarious audio short from the comic geniuses of The ComedyCures Foundation.
Made possible by a grant from Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), these innovative comedy Public Service Announcements (PSAs) are also airing on 1010 WINS news radio in New York at 12:35 p.m. EST, and 101.9 LITE-FM in Baltimore, MD at 1:15pm EST, everyday! 1010 WINS is the foundation’s media collaborator for these unprecedented PSAs.
Cancer patients and caregivers everywhere are discovering the healing power of laughter. The benefits of laughing include helping to reduce stress, increasing circulation, providing a distraction from pain, helping with sleep difficulties and balancing blood pressure. Other reasons to laugh back at cancer are to elevate your mood, escape from stress and fears and to simply feel more social and less lonely.
Laughter therapy is a wonderful perk when added to a comprehensive cancer treatment program founded on conventional medicine and supplemented by therapies that can help to improve your quality of life during cancer treatment. A boost of comic relief during your cancer journey can be as priceless as increasing your immunity with proper nutrition and naturopathic medicines, adding a physical therapy regime to your daily life or receiving much-needed attention to your pain from experienced and licensed practitioners. To learn how integrative cancer treatment can apply all of these essentials and much more, including laughter therapy, visit this resourceful page.
The ComedyCures Foundation is an extraordinary, non-profit organization dedicated to bringing joy, laughter and therapeutic humor programs to children and adults living with illness, depression, trauma and disabilities. Saranne Rothberg, CEO and founder of the organization, is herself a cancer survivor. While enduring stage IV breast cancer, Rothberg found solace in laughter therapy. Deemed one of the Top 100 most inspirational lives by Oprah, today Rothberg helps many learn how to laugh in the face of cancer. Visit www.comedycures.org to learn more.
