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# Movies and Health
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/3719/
- Published: 2006-01-22T16:36:50.000Z
- Updated: 2006-01-22T16:36:50.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Entertainment, TWE, #wpChunk

> Researchers from the University of Maryland have concluded that watching a comedy can increase blood flow as much as aerobic exercise or regularly taking heart medication.

> On the flipside, the mental anguish caused by watching a drama significantly decreases blood flow.

[Link](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17857446-13762,00.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

This is good news for me. As I've gotten older, I've developed a dislike of horror and violent films. The images stick in my mind too long, making me nervous and paranoid and, in general, ill-at-ease. Comedies, on the other hand, make me laugh harder, and I feel pretty good after watching them.

It reminds me a bit of T.S. Eliot's refusal to read Flannery O'Connor's violent stories. He said he didn't doubt they were good, but doubted whether his constitution could withstand them.