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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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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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Category: Veterans’ health

Memorial Day: Cherishing Our Soldiers

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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May 30, 2016
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| Discussion, Education, Family, Female Depression, Male Depression, Mental Health, Newsworthy, Politics, Question of Day, Society, Top Featured, Trauma, Treatments, Veterans' health

Happy Memorial Day readers! Today we want to say thank you to all of those who have served our country in uniform. Our brave, bold, prideful and powerful soldiers, who have made their occupation one of serving people

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PTSD: Flashbacks, Nightmares and a Life Out of Control

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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April 29, 2016
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| DSM-V, Education, Medicine, Mental Health, Suicide, Trauma, Veterans' health

PTSD with chronic flashbacks and nightmares is a very disabling medical problem experienced by many people.

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