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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 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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13 Year-Old Boy Is Brutally Attacked; Passerby Doesn’t Help

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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February 9, 2011
| 3 Comments
| Newsworthy, Top Featured, What's Hot

13 year-old Nadin Khoury is your ordinary teenager, the son of Liberian immigrants and a normal, everyday student. But Khoury is small, well-spoken and studious, traits which are “sniffed out” by gangs of bullies nationwide. On his way home from school one day, Nadin was attacked by seven boys from his school, and endured punching, kicking […]

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Getting Over Hurt: When Do You Let Go?

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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December 7, 2010
| 1 Comment
| Discussion, Enough Said!, Family, Female Depression, Love and Happiness, Male Depression, Marriage, Newsworthy, Parenting, Relationships, Treatments

Whether it’s  “I love you” or “I wish I never met you”, words can command emotions from us. At  times, it’s not only words, but actions. As a result, we feel happy, sad, confused, rejected or comforted. These are especially prevalent in relationships, where living and working with one another becomes a challenge. Too often, […]

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