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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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PTSD: Flashbacks, Nightmares and a Life Out of Control

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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April 29, 2016
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| DSM-V, Education, Medicine, Mental Health, Suicide, Trauma, Veterans' health

PTSD with chronic flashbacks and nightmares is a very disabling medical problem experienced by many people.

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A New Holocaust: Syria

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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October 16, 2014
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| Medicine, Politics, Racism, Top Featured, Videos

The untied states government revealed a series of photographs from Syria of torture victims showing corpses of a “systematic killing machine”. These images reveal similar tactics that were seen to compare to that of Nazi concentration camps. A museum that opened today , Wednesday October 15 displayed the first photographs that were obtained from Syria […]

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“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy To Be “Outed”…

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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December 3, 2010
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| Discussion, Enough Said!, Family, Newsworthy, Politics, What's Hot

The 17-year curse on allowing openly gay soldiers to serve in the military may have a shot at being overturned. Recent sources have confirmed that a debate to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is expected to re-ignite amongst members on Capitol Hill. With the results of a 10 month study powering Democrats for […]

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Steele Waters Don’t Run Deep!

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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July 6, 2010
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| Uncategorized

Once again Michael Steele, our great GOP leader, has put his foot back in his mouth. I don’t really understand his process of thinking. He seemingly has a death wish for President Obama, but each time he speaks, he essentially strengthens our support for the Democratic Party.  I can’t say that his problem is racism […]

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