Individual emails go blank in Mac OS X

hi
My configuration,
Mac OS X 10.7.5, 4 GB RAM
Mail 5.3
I don't have too many emails in my Inbox
When I click on an individual email in Inbox I can see the header part (From, Subject, Date) but the body is blank
I need to close Mail and reopen it, then it usually works
What could be going wrong on my machine?
Any help is appreciated
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Because you said this ...
"When I click on an individual email in Inbox I can see the header part (From, Subject, Date) but the body is blank"
If the body is blank then it can be a connection issue but since you see all green, then that's not the case.
The connection doctor is just a troubleshooting feature.

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