IsraelActive.com (see here) contains over a dozen articles describing how Israeli medical clowns help hospital patients. Now Tel Aviv University researchers have documented 40 different skills that the clowns deploy to enable patients to overcome crises and move towards healing. … Continue reading →

The huge numbers of Israeli volunteers aiding refugees from Ukraine in Moldova include the medical clowns of Dream Doctors (see here previously). Their costumes, big red noses and funny antics light up the faces of exhausted Ukrainian women, children, and … Continue reading →

Israel’s 600 medical clowns have been lifting the spirits of the elderly, medical staff and their children. Keeping 2 meters apart, they now use dramatic hand and body movements to communicate and decorate their face masks with stickers of crazy … Continue reading →

Israeli medical clowns from “Dream Doctors” visited seven hospitals and orphanages in Chengdu, southwestern China. In colorful clown costumes and with big red noses, they sang songs, played ukulele, performed magic tricks and blew bubbles in the wards to cheer … Continue reading →

The International Conference on Medicine and Medical Clowning is taking place currently in Jerusalem. Clown therapy is becoming one of Israel’s most important exports. http://haifadiarist.blogspot.com/2011/10/one-of-biggest-israeli-exports-will-be.html

At least 200 medical clowns from America, Europe and Australia will attend the October convention. Dream Doctors, funded by Magi Foundation, helped set up the world’s only undergraduate degree program in clown therapy as a paramedical profession at the University … Continue reading →

The therapeutic benefits of medical clowns in Israeli hospitals (see here) is undisputed. Last year, Israel’s Education Ministry sanctioned an Educational Clown pilot at three Israeli high schools. It was so successful that this year the project has expanded to … Continue reading →

The results of a quantitative study at two Israeli medical clinics have proved that medical clowns relieve the anxiety of children towards invasive medical examinations. Lowering anxiety levels shortens procedure time and reduces pain (e.g. of a colonoscopy). https://worldisraelnews.com/israeli-study-find-medical-clowning-no-joke/