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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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Florida’s Governer Wastes Money On Drug Tests For Welfare Receipients

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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August 29, 2011
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| Education, Finance, law, Newsworthy, Politics, Race Relations, Racism, What's Hot

Florida Gov. Rick Scott unfairly assumed that people who use welfare are on drugs more than the general population. After requiring all applicants for temporary cash assistance to pass a drug test he was proven wrong. Ninety-eight percent passed. And the process will cost the state $178 million. The Tampa Tribune reports that the Department of […]

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Woman Carries Dead Fetus, Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients & More

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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March 31, 2011
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| Enough Said!, Newsworthy, Politics, What's Hot

Fast News Break…Random Happenings From Around the Web Mandatory Drug Testing for State Employees and Cash Welfare Recipients Florida Governor Rick Scott ordered mandatory drug testing for all State employees and applicants as well as anyone receiving cash-assistance welfare. Near 100,000 state employees could be affected by this order costing Florida $3.5 million. Those welfare […]

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