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How Artificial Intelligence Is Being Used to Help Physicians Identify Cancer Earlier: AI tools can analyze images and tissue samples more quickly and effectively, leading to more accurate diagnoses -
“I Can Never Say Goodbye” by The Cure: The iconic band’s first album in 16 years explores aging, death and loss -
How Hip-Hop Therapy is Healing Communities: Hip-Hop Therapy empowers healing through music, self-expression and community
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Author Archives: Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Cervical Cancer Poses Higher Risk of Death
Two new studies reported in NEJM show startling results
Two recent studies of survival rates in women with early stage cervical cancer show that opting for minimally invasive surgery is associated with a significantly higher chance of dying from the disease. According to an article published last week in … Continue reading
A Heartfelt Haiku from SevenPonds
A beautiful reminder to keep your loved ones in your heart after they're gone
Why Is It So Hard to Let Go?
Too many families are torn apart when a loved one is dying
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven. ~Michelangelo Last week, I learned that my 90-year-old aunt was in the hospital with pneumonia and sepsis. This is her second admission in a little less … Continue reading
Posted in So, You Got the News
Tagged CPR, Death of a family member, End-of-life care, Hospice
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Matthew Shepard Finds a Home
Twenty years after his death, the young man's ashes were interred at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.
Last week in Washington D.C., thousands of Americans gathered to honor the memory of Matthew Shepard as his ashes were interred at the National Cathedral 20 years after his death at the age of 21. Matthew, an openly gay University … Continue reading
“They took your bodily presence from my world. But your beautiful laugh will remain in my soul forever. My darling.”
- Hatice Cengiz, fiancée of Jamal Khashoggi
New Report Highlights Opioid Misuse in the Elderly
The numbers of seniors who appear to be misusing painkillers is on the rise
When most of us think about the opioid crisis, we tend to think of young people or people in middle age who have been dealing with addiction for a long time. Seniors, we assume, have little interest in recreational drug … Continue reading
