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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 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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UPDATE: 18-Year-Old Charged In Pregnant Teen Mom’s Death

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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August 22, 2011
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Timothy Jones, of the 6300 block of S. Rockwell, is scheduled to appear in bond court Monday for allegedly shooting Charinez Jefferson, 17, multiple times in the chest and head around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in the city’s Marquette Park neighborhood. Jefferson’s baby, delivered prematurely, remains in critical but stable condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center […]

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Pregnant Teen Mom Shot & Killed In Chicago

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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August 18, 2011
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Doctors Successfully Deliver Baby Boy Another senseless killing took place in Chicago Tuesday night. 17-year-old Charinez Jefferson was shot and killed by a gunman- after he randomly started shooting at her and a group of friends. She was walking to a store just minutes from her home. Jefferson was six-months pregnant with her second child […]

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