In a sunlit school classroom, a child bursts into laughter, sudden, eerie, and entirely unprovoked. There’s no joke, no punchline, no mischief. What seems like quirky behaviour draws giggles from ...

In a remarkable medical success, a patient suffering from a rare form of epilepsy known as “Gelastic seizures” often referred to as “laughing seizures” has shown dramatic improvement after receiving ...

Hyderabad, Dec 27 (IANS) A rare surgery was performed by a private Hyderabad hospital on a 3-year-old girl suffering from gelastic seizures, which used to make her have sudden bouts of laughter – for ...

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Doctors probed deep into the center of a 3-year-old girl's brain to save her from her own laughter. Anastasia Lagalla's uncontrollable laughter and seizures were part of an ...