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University of California, Irvine
College of Medicine
Susan Samueli Center
for Complementary & Alternative Medicine Lecture Series
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Arnold and Mabel
Beckman Center
100 Academy, Irvine, CA |
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The best medicine of laughter made from life experience.
Evidence Presented:
Humor changes your perception of life experiences.
Anticipation humor/laughter changes your mood states.
Medical science provides evidence for mind-body link.
Detrimental stress hormones suppress the immune system
Humor/laughter depresses stress hormones and enhances
the function of the immune system.
ABC World New Tonight segment with Peter Jennings:
"Medicine on the cutting edge...When you send in the clowns. |
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Lola Gillebaard
Laguna Beach, CA
Associate college professor,
businesswoman, free-lance writer,
wife and mother.
Winner of Reader Digest
writer's award
Recipient of the VFW
Unsung Heroine Award.
For over 20 years,
Lola has helped people
recognize the power
of humor and how to
apply it to live a healthier,
happier and more
productive life.
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Other Expert Speakers:
Lee Berk, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Susan Samueli Center for CAM, UCI College of Medicine
One of "The Hot 25 Who Move Us"
per OC Metro Publication, November 2001
David Felton, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director
Susan Samueli Center for CAM, UCI College of Medicine
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