Serious question: Is it OK for medical professionals to laugh at themselves or make fun of the profession in public? Some say no. I say it’s not only OK, but humor might be good for the professional — ...

AUBURN, Maine — You might think that the Placebo Journal\'s outrageous humor detailing the weird-but-true foibles of the medical profession should be confined to the privacy of the doctors\' ...

Nurse Blake’s medical-themed comedy act, which he will be bringing to Houston Wednesday at the House of Blues, started out the opposite of funny but it ended up there. Blake Lynch, now known as Nurse ...

While most of us don’t really think about hospitals as funny places, it’s still, for many people, just a place where they work. In fact, in the US, it’s one of the most quickly growing employers. So ...

Since I believe laughter is often the best medicine, I didn’t have to look very far to find funny movie scenes that also delivered meaningful medical lessons. Since I am a huge proponent of laughter ...

Last month I had a blast writing about the many medical miscues that we say in our conversations with others. My favorite is the woman that had the Jurassic spine strain. Since I had several people ...

Netflix has plenty of medical dramas for you to binge, whether you want intense drama or soapy romance mixed with your ...

Ever since “Malcolm in the Middle,” single-camera mockumentaries have found a place in American prime-time television, from “The Office” to “Parks and Recreation” to “Abbott Elementary.” NBC’s latest ...

Doctor: “There’s good news and bad news. The bad news is, you have partial short-term memory loss.” Patient: “Oh no, Doctor. What’s the bad news?” Doctor: “Which do you want first, the good news or ...

Cracking jokes in the office might seem like a shortcut to likability or leadership. But new research shows that humor at work is a gamble, and the costs of a flop are often greater than the rewards ...

AUBURN, Maine — You might think that the Placebo Journal's outrageous humor detailing the weird-but-true foibles of the medical profession should be confined to the privacy of the doctors? lounge. But ...