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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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Do Newer Antidepressants also Have Side-Effects?

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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October 20, 2016
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| Discussion, DSM-V, Education, Female Depression, Love and Happiness, Male Depression, medication management, Mental Health, Top Featured, Treatments

can not promise you that you will NOT experience side-effects. However, we now have a number of newer medications with fewer problems. Mirtazapine and Wellbutrin are reportedly two better ones for the dreaded “sexual side-effects.”

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Date-Rape…It’s Not Just For Teens.

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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November 29, 2010
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| Discussion, Enough Said!, Family, Female Depression, Love and Happiness, Male Depression, Newsworthy, Parenting, Relationships

Date-rape is the most common form of rape with a 78% rating of youth under the age of 25; 3 out of 5 rape cases involves young girls under 18. Not only is there physical pain and hurt, but victims are less likely to start and maintain healthy future relationships. How does it happen: In […]

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