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KAAN Architecten’s New Visitor Center at the Netherlands American Cemetery: A new edifice adds to the cemetery site while enhancing its original purpose: Honoring America's wartime dead
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Author Archives: Mitch Lobrovich (Blog Writer) SevenPonds
XPRIZE Healthspan Competition Offers $101 Million Prize
Founder hopes to stimulate breakthroughs to support healthier aging
Global life expectancy has more than doubled in the past century, but quality of health has not increased at the same rate. EXPRIZE Healthspan recently announced a $101 million prize with the goal of closing that gap.
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Investor Alan Patricof Plans to Live to 114
His life and latest venture are focused on "meaningful longevity"
Alan Patricof, who has been called the most famous venture capitalist nobody’s ever heard of, is 89 years old, thinks and acts like someone half his age, and plans to live to 114.
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“How To Change Your Mind” by Michael Pollan
How experiencing the mystical led to a Renaissance in psychedelic research
Public acceptance of psychedelics for palliative care has been rising in recent years, thanks to numerous studies detailing their profound therapeutic effects, which are often triggered by a mystical, transformative experience. It’s precisely that experience, author Michael Pollan reveals in “How to … Continue reading
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Anderson Cooper Knows the Value of Sharing Grief
Holding in "extreme emotions" does emotional and physical damage
Most of us are taught not to burden others with our troubles, especially when it involves death. But as CNN anchor Anderson Cooper attested in a recent guest commentary on CBS “Sunday Morning,” not sharing grief compounds the pain of … Continue reading
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Nearly 80% of Canadians Support Psilocybin for End-of-Life Care
Mystical experiences are a key factor in improved outlook of distressed patients
A study published this month in the Canadian medical journal Palliative Medicine found that nearly 80% of Canadians approve the use of psilocybin for end-of-life care to ease existential distress.
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Toronto Exhibit Uses Art to Stimulate Conversations About Dying
Art, culture and end-of-life issues collide in this thought-provoking experience
Dying.exhibit 2024, a concept designed to change the narrative around end of life, is currently on display through January 28 at the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) University in Toronto, Canada.
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