JERUSALEM (AP) – Doctors in Israel are beginning to believe in the power of clowning around. Over the last few years, Israeli clowns have been popping into hospital operating rooms and intensive care units with balloons and kazoos in hand, teaming up with doctors to develop laughter therapies they say help with disorders ranging from pain to infertility. They say it’s time for the medical community to recognize medical clowns as legitimate paramedical practitioners.
Israeli clowns pioneer new medical treatments, laughter therapy
August 21, 2012
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