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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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HBO Highlights Interracial Marriage Acceptance In “The Loving Story”

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

December 30, 2011

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Story Highlights Loving vs. Virginia Case Once upon a time swirlin’ was not only widely frowned upon…it was also illegal. It wasn’t until the Loving vs. Virginia case 44 years ago, that laws banning interracial marriages were overturned in the United States. HBO has decided to create a documentary highlight the incredible journey of the […]

“Snoop” From “The Wire” Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

August 9, 2011

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Entered A Plea Deal To Avoid Jail HBO’s “The Wire’s” Felicia “Snoop” Pearson was recently arrested in a drug crackdown in Baltimore. Pearson pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to sell heroin. She was sentenced to seven years in prison, with all of the time suspended except for the five months she has already served while awaiting […]