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So I was reading this old blog post that I wrote after being post-call on my internal medicine rotation during my M3 year in med school and I mention this study where they concluded that forcing yourself to smile can actually make you happy.

I’m not entirely sure which study I was referring to at the time, but I did find this fMRI study:

Chang et al. “When you smile, you become happy: evidence from resting state task-based fMRI.” Biol Psychol. 2014 Dec; 103:100-6. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.08.003. Epub 2014 Aug 17.

So apparently Chris Brown is being held against his will in the Philippines because of the Iglesia ni Cristo. Karma is weird sometimes.

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I never knew Iglesia ni Cristo was this powerful.

Chris Brown is banned from leaving Philippines over row with Christian group • 2015 Jul 22 • BBC newsbeat

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Singer Chris Brown barred from leaving Philippines amid contract dispute • 2015 Jul 23 • CNN

Chris Brown stopped from leaving Philippines • 2015 Jul 22 • The Philippine Star

Chris Brown barred from leaving PHL • 2015 Jul 22 • GMA News

Apparently he is being charged with estafa for failing to play at an Iglesia ni Cristo benefit concert on New Year’s Eve because he had lost his passport.

UPDATE: Chris Brown cleared to leave Philippines after bizarre appeals • 2015 Jul 24 • Yahoo! News