July 2014 - Ask Dr. O

Laughter is the Best Medicine!

A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after. Laughter boosts the immune system. Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease.

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Mental Health

Mental Illness is a harsh reality to some. Many people feel that because there are no lab test, x-ray or physical manifestation of mental illness means that it is not real. The whole truth is that it is real.

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Quote for the Week

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

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Do you have Schizophrenia?

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

July 12, 2014

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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that is currently relevant in today’s society that is affecting more than 2 million Americans. Even though the effects of this condition on individuals are at an all-time high, the collective understanding of this disorder is not universalized, leaving room for many misconceptions. Countless myths are in constant circulation about […]

What’s a Southern Belle to Do? RHOA Husband Gets Eight Years in Prison

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

July 9, 2014

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Apollo Nida, husband of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for fraud! You all may remember when Nida was arrested a few months back on the aforementioned fraud charges and it appears that he was guilty as charged. So how did the feds start to sniff […]