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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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Are You an “Emotional Eater?”AskDrO Wants to Know

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

August 9, 2013

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A lot of people don’t realize just how comforting food has become in our ever day lives. It is important to start watching our daily intake of food, as well as, monitoring how we interact with food when stressed. This could lead to becoming an emotional eater. A lot of people know this fact […]