Justin Cho is recovering after having surgery to treat a rare form of epilepsy. — -- For years, Justin Cho's family thought they simply had a happy kid who liked to laugh, even when nothing funny ...

BACKGROUND: Gelastic seizures are epileptic events characterized by bouts of laughter. Laughter-like vocalization is usually combined with facial contraction in the form of a smile. Gelastic epilepsy ...

A 40-year-old man’s uncontrollable, inappropriate laughter was more than a nuisance — it was a symptom of a rare form of epilepsy, according to doctors in Hawaii. The man had suffered since he was 8 ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center an exploratory and developmental grant worth nearly $400,000.

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 ...

(LOS ANGELES) — For years, Justin Cho’s family thought they simply had a happy kid who liked to laugh, even when nothing funny happened. “Ever since he was an infant he would giggle and it would be ...