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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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The New “Marijuana:” K-2/Spice

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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March 26, 2012
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Case Vignette:  John Doe a sixteen year old high school student persents to your office with chest pain and paranoia. You query him about drug and alcohol use, and of course he denies.  His parents are with him in the examination room.  The parents agree to a UDS. (Urine Drug Screen) It comes back negative […]

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