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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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Dr.O Weighs In On Generic vs. Brand Drugs

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

May 2, 2013

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There has been a lot of discussion recently in the news about this topic. As a licensed physician and avid blogger, I must weigh in on this topic. Is there a difference between Fluoxetine and Prozac. Although these drugs are “supposedly” the same there just has to be some differences or the prices would not […]

Kelvin Santos Resurrected To Ask For Water

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

June 8, 2012

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Woah! This story is bizarre! A two-year old toddler, Kelvin Santos, had been battling pneumonia. The boy went to Aberlardo Santos Hospital for some treatment. Kelvin was declared dead after he stopped breathing with complications from his condition. The family held an open-casket wake later that day. An hour before his funeral, the toddler woke […]