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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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Depression: How to Get Out of a Rut!

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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April 13, 2016
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| Announcements, Discussion, Education, Enough Said!, Family, Female Depression, Love and Happiness, Male Depression, Medicine, Men, Mental Health, Newsworthy, Question of Day, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Suicide, Top Featured, Treatments, Uncategorized, Women

Though depression is unwanted company in our homes, there are ways to get through it and live a positive life despite the diagnosis.

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What Is Social Phobia?

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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February 16, 2011
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| Mental Health, Top Featured

  Questions: Are you afraid to talk or perform in public? Does your heart race when you even think about talking in front of people? Did you almost faint the last time you had to speak in public? If a new job, that will pays more but require you to do presentations, will you turn it […]

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The End of “e-” In Egypt

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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February 4, 2011
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| Politics, Top Featured, What's Hot

Now I know that many of you either watch the news, read the papers or listen to the radio regarding social, political or scientific information. But for those of you who DON’T, I’m sure that you are asking yourselves (and others) what’s going on with that thing in Egypt? AskDrO is here to give you […]

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Should You Want A Thug At 30+…Or Just Grown Up?

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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December 15, 2010
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| Discussion, Enough Said!, Family, Female Depression, Love and Happiness, Relationships

You’re walking from an Atlanta Falcons game with your girlfriends, when suddenly you see him…a rough-looking, pants-sagging, fitted-cap wearing, smooth-talking man. You see him socializing outside of the stadium with his friends, makes a ruckus, laughing and drawing the attention from almost everyone who passes by (whether wanted or unwanted). As you walk past him, […]

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