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A Laugh a Day...

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| July 21, 2003 | Takayama, Hideko | COPYRIGHT 2003 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Hiraku Ohta, a 61-year-old retired engineer living near Tokyo, has had diabetes for 26 years. He tried jogging and low- calorie diets to lose weight. It worked for a while, until he had to endure the stress of a job transfer. For the past 18 years he's been resigned to taking medication. In January, he participated in an experiment that's given him a whole new outlook on his illness.

It started with a sushi lunch, followed by a 40-minute educational lecture. Afterward, Ohta's blood-sugar level soared to 338 milligrams per deciliter. The next day, Ohta had the same lunch, but this time he attended a comedy show. Laughing apparently helped: Ohta's blood sugar topped out at 252mg/dl--an improvement of 25 percent. Dr. Koichi Kawai and his team found similar results in the 18 other patients who participated in the study. Expressions of ...

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