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  • America’s elderly homeless problemThe number of homeless over the age of 60 continues to climb

    America’s elderly homeless problem
    The number of homeless over the age of 60 continues to climb

    Living on the streets can be a life and death struggle, and for the nation’s elderly, an entirely new set of challenges emerge. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the percentage of homeless people over the age of 62 who sought shelter in the United States increased from 2.9 percent in 2007 to…

    Matt Driscoll

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  • MDMA Shown to Be a Potential Treatment for PTSD

    MDMA Shown to Be a Potential Treatment for PTSD

    We’ve known it by many names throughout our history (soldier’s heart, combat fatigue, shell shock), but relatively little research has been done on the effects of PTSD on our veterans. This is changing, however, as the effects of psychological trauma are becoming better understood by mental health professionals and the general public alike. This has…

    Colleen Ferguson

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  • “The Mower”A poem about an "inconsequential" death has deeper meaning for humankind

    “The Mower”
    A poem about an “inconsequential” death has deeper meaning for humankind

    Philip Larkin (1922-1985) was one of England’s most highly respected post-war poets. Born in Coventry, he earned a BA in English from St. John’s College, Oxford, after which he studied library science, which became his lifelong career. In addition to several collections of poetry, most notably “The Less Deceived” (1955), “The Whitsun Weddings” (1964), and…

    Kathleen Clohessy

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  • The Loss Levels: An Interactive Expression of GriefA tragedy survivor uses video games to share his experience of loss

    The Loss Levels: An Interactive Expression of Grief
    A tragedy survivor uses video games to share his experience of loss

    On May 22, 2017, a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb packed with shrapnel in the foyer area of the Manchester Arena as crowds filed out of an Ariana Grande concert. Of the 14,200 people who attended the event, 22 were killed, and the initial casualty assessment put the number of injured at 117. This second number…

    Colleen Ferguson

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  • What Is the Role of an End-of-Life Doula? (Interview)An interview with Merilynne Rush, founder of Lifespan Doula Association, Part Two

    What Is the Role of an End-of-Life Doula? (Interview)
    An interview with Merilynne Rush, founder of Lifespan Doula Association, Part Two

    Today Sevenponds speaks with Merilynne Rush, founder of Lifespan Doula Association, an organization in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that provides professional End-of-Life Doula training and certification, continuing education programs, mentoring for doulas, and resources and referrals for individuals and families seeking end-of-life support. Merilynne Rush and her Lifespan Doula Association co-founder Patty Brennan are experts in the…

    Ellary Allis

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  • New Blood Test Determines “Biological Age”
    Results might determine how long you have to live

    No one knows how much time they have left on this earth. However, a recent blood test developed by researchers at Yale University could bring us a step closer to knowing more precisely how long that time span is. According to a published paper that details their findings, the researchers used a combination of the…

    Matt Driscoll

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  • “The Cremation of Sam McGee”Ted Harrison's children's book illustrates the gritty poem Meghan McCain cited in her eulogy to her father

    “The Cremation of Sam McGee”
    Ted Harrison’s children’s book illustrates the gritty poem Meghan McCain cited in her eulogy to her father

    Earlier this month, Meghan McCain conveyed her deep love and admiration for her father, Sen. John McCain, in a powerful eulogy at Washington National Cathedral. Like a pressed flower saved between the pages of his life story, she inserted a delightfully quirky anecdote about her dad and her mother’s first date — when he recited “The Cremation…

    Laura B Hayden

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  • Grief and Mourning in CetaceansGrowing body of evidence suggests whales and dolphins feel grief when a loved one dies

    Grief and Mourning in Cetaceans
    Growing body of evidence suggests whales and dolphins feel grief when a loved one dies

    Recently the world watched as J35, a 20-year-old orca also known as Tahlequah, carried her dead calf for 17 days on what experts have termed a “tour of grief.” Hearts broke around the globe for the mother whale, and this has brought renewed attention to the plight of orcas and other aquatic mammals as they…

    Colleen Ferguson

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  • Terminally Ill Father “Walks” Daughter Down The Wedding AislePedro Villarin was able to escort his daughter down the aisle despite suffering from terminal liver cancer

    Terminally Ill Father “Walks” Daughter Down The Wedding Aisle
    Pedro Villarin was able to escort his daughter down the aisle despite suffering from terminal liver cancer

    The story of a terminally ill father “walking” his daughter down the wedding aisle has gone viral. Pedro Villarin had been living with liver cancer for the past year. His final wish was to escort his daughter Charlotte down the aisle to marry her fiancé Mark Cordova. In fact, the couple decided to move the…

    Lucas Morgan

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