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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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OMG!Chaos in the Sanctuary: 4 Stabbed in the Choir Loft During Service

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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April 30, 2013
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I decided not to write on whose gay and whose not, just yet. However, there is another very serious issue that is happening. Did you know that on Sunday, during the final choir selection, a man jump over sevreall benches and stabbed four choir members at a church in Mexico. This is just ridiculous. The […]

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Another Black Male Suicide Completion…

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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December 30, 2010
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| Announcements, Discussion, Enough Said!, Family, Female Depression, law, Love and Happiness, Male Depression, Newsworthy, Parenting, Relationships, Suicide, What's Hot

We can’t stress enough about the growing epidemic of suicide among young Black men, and this story supports our frustration for this issue. In case you missed it, Dr. Dwight Owens of AskDrO.com interviewed with Real Health Magazine to inform readers and Americans on the problem with young Black males and suicide (click here to […]

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Schizophrenia….A Quick Refresh from AskDrO.com

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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November 26, 2010
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| Discussion, DSM-IV Notes, Family, Female Depression, Male Depression, Mental Health

Schizophrenia is a chronic, disabling formal thought disorder which affects 1.1 percent of Americans. Men, women and children may be affected by Schizophrenia, and it has various presentations in the live’s of those affected. Various  new treatments are currently available to people who suffer from this illness. The modalities include medication, therapy and other methods.  This disease is […]

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