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What Is Aromatherapy, and How Can It Help Those Facing Death? An Interview with Nyssa Hanger

An aromatherapist offers insight into the mental and physical benefits that essential oils give us

Today SevenPonds chats with Nyssa Hanger, an aromatherapist based out of Tampa, Florida. She is a self-employed masseuse and an essential oils expert. She is also the founder and owner of Upward Spiral, a business with an advanced approach to healing … Continue reading

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How Do You Create An Alternative To Conventional Palliative Care?

An interview with Dr. Michael Fratkin, founder of palliative care telemedicine service ResolutionCare, Part Two

Today SevenPonds concludes our two-part interview with Dr. Michael Fratkin, palliative medicine specialist and president and founder of ResolutionCare.  (Read Part One here.) Birthed by Dr. Fratkin’s desire to expand palliative care beyond the limitations of our country’s broken healthcare system, ResolutionCare … Continue reading

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How Do You Create An Alternative To Conventional Palliative Care?

An interview with palliative medicine specialist Dr. Michael Fratkin, founder of ResolutionCare, Part One

Today SevenPonds speaks with Dr. Michael Fratkin, palliative medicine specialist and president and founder of ResolutionCare.  Birthed by Dr. Fratkin’s desire to expand palliative care beyond the limitations of our country’s broken healthcare system, ResolutionCare is a telemedicine project that uses videoconferencing technology … Continue reading

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How Can a Family Best Work with a Coroner or Medical Examiner? Interview with Judy Melinek, Part Two

Working with a professional when an autopsy is required

Today, SevenPonds completes our interview with Judy Melinek, M.D., a forensic pathologist who does autopsies for the Alameda County Sheriff Coroner’s Office in California. (Read part one of the interview here.) Dr. Melinek has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard and … Continue reading

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What Is Senior-friendly Technology And How Is It Beneficial For Older Adults? An Interview With Juliet Kerlin, Part Two

The research director at a company that builds computers for seniors explains the technology

Today SevenPonds shares part two of a two-part interview with Juliet Kerlin, research director at It’s Never 2 Late (IN2L), a Colorado-based company that builds senior-friendly computers for use in assisted living facilities and skilled nursing homes. (Read part one … Continue reading

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What Is Senior-friendly Technology And How Is It Beneficial For Older Adults? An Interview With Juliet Kerlin, Part One

The research director at a company that builds computers for seniors explains the technology

Today SevenPonds speaks with Juliet Kerlin, research director at It’s Never 2 Late (IN2L), a Colorado-based company that builds senior-friendly computers for use in assisted living facilities and skilled nursing homes.  In2L is dedicated to making computers and adaptive technology … Continue reading

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