Israeli clowns pioneer new medical treatments
Mideast Israel Clown Therapy
In a Tuesday, July 24, 2012 photo, Borekkas, a Dream Doctors medical clown, center, helps Majed, a child patient, while he is prepared for surgery in the Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba, central Israel. Most hospital clowns around the world step aside when a child gets a shot or goes under the surgical knife, but Israeli clowns are in the operating room and intensive care unit, teaming up with doctors to develop laughter therapies.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)