Jon Stewart, where are you? How laughter can help us cope with the 2016 election and other traumas

Jon Stewart hosts "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in New York on Nov. 30, 2011.

March 16, 2016 12 AM PT

With so much to laugh about this political season, Loma Linda medical researcher Lee Berk explains how laughter can make us healthier – and when it doesn’t.

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Patt Morrison is a writer and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, where as a member of two reporting teams, she has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes. Her public broadcast programs have earned her six Emmys, her two non-fiction books were bestsellers and Pink’s, the Hollywood hot dog stand, named its veggie dog after her.

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