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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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Facing Foreclosure? Obama Administration Extends Help

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

January 28, 2012

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If you’re struggling to keep up with your mortgage in this sagging economy, President Obama is extending a program that offers you some relief. The Obama Administration will expand its signature foreclosure-prevention program to try to help those with heavy debt loads avoid losing their homes. The Home Affordable Modification Program will also be extended […]

Wealth Gap Between Whites & Blacks Widens

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.

July 26, 2011

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Whites Worth $113,149, While Blacks Are Worth $5,677 The Pew Research Center has released a study detailing the widest wealth gap between blacks and whites since 1984. Apparently blacks have become poorer during the “New Recession.” The median wealth of white U.S. households in 2009 was $113,149, compared with $6,325 for Hispanics and $5,677 for […]