RDUSA201905

Humor

16

Life in These

United States

30

Laughter, the

Best Medicine

56

Humor in Uniform

70

All in a Day’s Work

81

Laugh Lines

The Genius

Section

120 Zing! How to Craft

a Comeback

by talib visram from

mentalfloss.com

126 Brain Games

128 Word Power

132 Photo Finish

120

53

everyday miracles

42 His Heart

Wouldn’t Give

Up

by théoden janes

from the charlotte

observer

news from the

world of medicine

48 A New Allergy

Vaccine, Working

Out After a Heart

Attack, and More

i am the food

on your plate

53 Salmon

by kate lowenstein

and daniel gritzer

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