US Overdose Deaths are Trending Downward

Fewer Americans are dying by drug overdose post-pandemic, CDC says
Posted on December 5, 2024 by Rachel Jones (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

An array of street drugs laid out on a table, which can cause overdose deaths.

While drug overdoses continue to claim nearly 100,000 U.S. lives annually, experts are finding hope in the fact that overdose deaths are now trending downward.

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Support Healthy Aging By Maintaining Balance — On One Leg

Mayo Clinic study suggests to use it or lose it
Posted on December 3, 2024 by Cassandra Seale (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

A recent study by the Mayo Clinic measured what physical factors tend to decline most quickly in people over 50 — and the majority of these were related to strength and balance. So, it stands to reason (pun intended), that maintaining physical health in these arenas could help when it comes to healthy aging.

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Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver

Oliver’s beloved poem has brought comfort to many mourning the loss of a loved one
Posted on December 1, 2024 by Mitch Lobrovich (Blog Writer) SevenPonds
Geese flying below white clouds in a blue sky illustrating poem Wild Geese

Credit: Bob Felderman via Pexels

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.

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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
Posted on November 29, 2024 by Caitlin Manner (Blog Writer) SevenPonds
Doctors look at a screen on which medical imaging is being projected

Somashekar Krishna, MD, and his team at OSUCCC-James
explore a patient’s pancreas with a “virtual biopsy.”
Credit: The James Multimedia Newsroom

Although there is much debate regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI) – the ethics, reliability and lack of oversight or guardrails for its usage – the medical field has found one way in which AI is proving to be a boon without major drawbacks: helping physicians identify and diagnose cancer and pre-cancerous growths. 

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Wishing You a Warm and Cozy Thanksgiving Day

May your day be what you hope for
Posted on November 28, 2024 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

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“I Can Never Say Goodbye” by The Cure

The iconic band’s first album in 16 years explores aging, death and loss
Posted on November 27, 2024 by Rachel Jones (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
The cover for The Cure's labest album, which contains the song "I Can Never Say Goodbye."

The album cover for “Songs of a Lost World.”

Fans of The Cure from the ‘80s and ‘90s will not be disappointed with their latest endeavor – an aching, melancholic album of eight tunes titled “Songs of a Lost World.” Frontman and songwriter Robert Smith wanders the valleys of aging with lines like “I’m outside in the dark / Wondering how I got so old” (in the final track, “Endsong”).

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