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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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“The Help” In Review

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

August 15, 2011

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Kathryn Stockett ‘s book “The Help” has now sold over 3 million copies in conjunction with the release of the same titled movie. The Help brought in $25.5 million dollars over the weekend, making it a box office success. The film details the racial tensions in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s. A young white […]

New Movie, “The Help” Explores Race & Class in Mississippi

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

April 19, 2011

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Emma Stone and Viola Davis in “The Help” Film Examines the Intricate Relationship Between Black Maids and the White Famillies They Serve in 1960s Mississippi Starring as Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan, Emma Stone plays the enlightened college girl who comes back to her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi and sees old, dark traditions in a whole new […]