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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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700 Pound Man Pleads For Help on YouTube:Dr.O Weighs In!

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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March 4, 2012
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| Discussion, DSM-IV Notes, Education, Enough Said!, Family, Love and Happiness, Male Depression, Marriage, medication management, Mental Health, Parenting, Politics, Relationships, Suicide, Top Featured, Treatments, Videos

This video went viral last week on YouTube. As I watched the video a few questions came to mind; Who is continuously feeding this 23 year old man? Who were the participants in his last interventions? How can AskDrO possibly help him with this issue? What type of relationships, if any does he have at […]

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QOTD: I Need Help Dealing With a Terminally Ill Relative

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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March 21, 2011
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| Family, Female Depression, Male Depression, Mental Health, Relationships, Treatments

Question of The Day- Learning to Cope With a Terminally Ill Relative “Terminally ill” is a phrase nobody wants to embrace or welcome when receiving medical news regarding a relative’s health condition. The term summarizes the mixed emotions and future hurt that will follow the expected death of the terminally ill relative. Terminal illnesses like […]

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