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First the Wealth Gap, Now the U.S. Has a Growing Health Gap: Discover why the U.S. health gap is growing and how improving healthspan can enhance quality of life for Americans -
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Author Archives: Laura B Hayden (Blog Writer, Sevenponds)
Our Monthly Tip: Choose the Right Assisted-Living Facility for Your Loved One
What to look for, what to ask
Choosing a clean, well-run and affordable assisted-living community for your loved one means focusing on their needs more than yours, according to Stephanie Howard, Residence Service Director with Regency of Evergreen Valley in San Jose. You’ll need to get a good sense of what … Continue reading
A Tower of Voices Completes the Flight 93 National Memorial
A live web cam brings you there, an audio file simulates the sound
In a few weeks, the healing sound of a giant wind chime will resonate through Somerset County, Pennsylvania, when the Flight 93 National Memorial commemorates the 17th anniversary of the plane’s crash on September 11, 2001. The newly constructed, 93-foot … Continue reading
What Does an Estate Plan Cover and How Do You Make One?
An interview with Attorney Joseph Ferrucci, Part One
Today SevenPonds speaks with Joseph Ferrucci, Attorney at Law P.C., whose San Francisco law office provides a full range of legal services relating to estate planning, estate administration, conservatorship and special needs, and real property. Editor’s Note: This interview has been … Continue reading
Young Widows Are More Susceptible to Ill Health because They Grieve Longer
Annual physicals lessen the health risks they face
Twenty years ago I read a letter to an editor urging young widows to go for annual physicals. The message jolted me because my 49-year-old husband had died a few weeks earlier. The article convinced me that, for my sake and … Continue reading
WWII Twins Ludwig and Julius Pieper, Who Died by Each Other’s Side, are Finally Buried Side by Side
A high school history project led to their reunion in the Normandy American Cemetery in France 74 years after their deaths
In 2016, when Vanessa Taylor, then a high school sophomore in Ainsworth, Nebraska, took on a history project, she and her teacher Nichole Flynn had no idea they were about to shape history as well. As part of National History Day’s Normandy Institute program, … Continue reading
