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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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Menopause Can Lead to Mental Illness

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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April 17, 2016
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| Celebrities, Discussion, Divorce, Education, Enough Said!, Family, Female Depression, Love and Happiness, Marriage, Marriage Counseling, medication management, Medicine, Mental Health, Parenting, Question of Day, Relationships, Suicide, Top Featured, Women

A woman takes pride and joy in her reproductive years and it can be challenging when that period is interrupted.

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BAD NEWS: Aretha Franklin Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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December 8, 2010
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| Discussion, Family, Female Depression, Love and Happiness, Newsworthy, What's Hot

…and we all thought it was JUST gastric bypass for cosmetic reasons…turns out that it’s something worse. The doctors’ recommendations which sidelined the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin from further concerts proved to be a result of pancreatic cancer, which means that RIGHT after we have prayed for her safe recovery from surgery, we must […]

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Obesity: Obliterating The Health In Our Children

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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October 13, 2010
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| Enough Said!, Female Depression, Male Depression, Mental Health, Newsworthy, Parenting, School, Treatments

We all know about “the fat kid” in school; we’ve sat next to him/her at lunch time and they’ve always asked, “are you gonna finish that?” Some of us have even LAUGHED at that “fat kid”, always teasing them because they can’t run as fast, or have trouble fitting into their desks at school. Sometimes […]

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