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A New Screening Test For Ovarian Cancer
A new British study, though not yet conclusive, provides a glimmer of hope
Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer among women. Jessica Tandy, Coretta Scott King, Dinah Shore and Gilda Radner were just a few of the prominent public figures whose lives were tragically cut short by the disease. SevenPonds features Monday … Continue reading
Posted in Science of Us
Tagged CA125, Cancer, Conditions and Diseases, Coretta Scott King, Dinah Shore, Gilda Radner, Health, Jessica Tandy, Monday hearts, Monday Hearts for Madalene, Ovarian Cancer, Page Hodel, Risk of Ovarian Cancer Algorithm, SevenPonds, The Lancet, The Science of Us, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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”Rookery” by Traci Brimhall
A collection of poetry that shows death in its most raw, beautiful form
Death can feel so ominous — so frightening — lurking in the corners of life with shadow cat’s eyes. I spent much of my younger life interpreting death as something terrible — something to be avoided and never talked … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Book Review, Death, Grief, Grieving, Hope, Hopeful, Lending Insight, Loss, Moving, Peace, Poetic, Poetry, Rookery, SevenPonds, Traci Brimhall
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”Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Our Weekly Tip: Estate Planning and Naming a Guardian for Your Young Child
How to elect the right guardian for your minor child in the event of your premature death
Our Tip of the Week: The majority of parents of minor children in the United States do not have wills. If you are the parent of a minor child, the idea of choosing an appointed guardian in the event of … Continue reading
“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.”
- Mark Twain
As We Change Our View of Death
So goes our language too
You may not have noticed, but as we move our viewpoint to a more natural way of thinking about death, our language is also following along. I just bought an old school hard copy of the SF Chronicle, and I … Continue reading
