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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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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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Domestic Violence 101: When Do I Leave?

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

July 5, 2016

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eports even suggest that about 33% of women and 25% of men have possibly been victims of physical abuse by their lover, partner or spouse. Are you a victim?

No Lie: Atlanta Jail Asks Inmates To Break Out For Free Food!

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

June 22, 2012

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Ever thought the day would come where you could be rewarded for breaking out of jail? Well, that day has arrived. Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail is running a contest to inmates that encourages them to pick the jail’s new locks. Any inmate that can get the lock open will receive free food and personal hygiene […]