Social drinkers laugh more

LONDON - Laughing is good for you, and drinkers laugh more, so drinking must also be good for you, British psychologists have…

LONDON - Laughing is good for you, and drinkers laugh more, so drinking must also be good for you, British psychologists have said. Mr Geoffrey Lowe, a psychologist at the University of Hull, said three separate studies showed clearly that social drinkers laugh more than people who drink very little or not at all. Mr Lowe said he would not advise drinking more as a result of these studies. "I would laugh more," he said.

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