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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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Trayvoning Reverse Racism!

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

July 2, 2013

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Trayvoning reverse racism! No one predicted that the killing of an unarmed black teenager in Florida would spawn an Internet meme devoted to mocking him. Probably because we like to think we’ve evolved past this. Then a bunch of white kids start multiple #Trayvoning Facebook groups (since removed). This is as awful as it sounds. It’s like Tebowing, but […]

George Zimmerman’s Medical Report RELEASED!

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

May 17, 2012

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According to the medical report of George Zimmerman, the self proclaimed neighborhood watch, Zimmerman, did have cuts on the back of his head and black eyes. However, this information was taken the next day after the shooting, not the night of! So, question one in my head is how do we know that Trayvon was the one […]