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Can Human-Centered Sound Design Transform Hospitals?
Electronic musician and sound alchemist Yoko Sen wants to do just thatToday SevenPonds speaks with Yoko K. Sen, the founder of Sen Sound, a Washington, D.C.-based startup that’s working to transform the experience of hospitalized patients and their families through sound. Ms. Sen is a renowned electronic musician and sound alchemist who has been performing professionally since she was 3 years old. The recipient of the…
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“A Shining Season”
A book about a cancer-stricken athlete determined to make the most of the time he has leftIn “A Shining Season: The True Story of John Baker,” William Buchanan tells the story of what appears to be an overwhelming defeat turned into a triumph that no one could have predicted. In 1969, there were only a handful of runners who looked as if they had a chance at breaking the elusive four-minute…
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Post-Bereavement Hallucinations May Help With Grief
“Sensing” the presence of a loved one who has died is a relatively common phenomenonDealing with the death of a loved one is never easy. World-renowned singer Celine Dion can attest to that, as she lost both her husband Rene Angelil and brother Daniel last year. She has recently claimed that she still talks to and sometimes hears her husband Rene. Occasionally referred to as “post-bereavement hallucinatory experiences,” these…
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“A Crow Looked at Me”
In his most intimate album yet, a singer-songwriter bares all in the wake of his wife’s death“A Crow Looked at Me,” the new album by Mount Eerie, the solo project of Washington based singer-songwriter/producer Phil Elverum, was written in the wake of his late wife’s death, as he processed the tragic loss and began to come to terms with his new reality as a single father. Geneviève Castrée, the mother of…
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A High-Fiber Diet Could Protect Your Colon From Infection
Researchers find a link between high-fiber diets and gastrointestinal healthYour doctor has probably already told you how important a high-fiber diet can be for your health. But now we have even more research supporting this claim. A group of researchers found that when microbes in our digestive tract don’t get enough fiber, they start to eat at the colon’s inner mucus lining. This, in turn, increases…
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Daily, Moderate Alcohol Intake Could Contribute to Cognitive Health in Old Age
A new study found that participants who drank alcohol were more likely to live to 85 without cognitive declineResearchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that daily, moderate alcohol intake may support cognitive health into old age. The study, published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, suggests that older adults who drink alcohol on a daily basis are more likely to live…
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Monday Hearts for Madalene
Page Hodel creates beautiful hearts as a tribute to enduring loveIt’s an honor for SevenPonds to share with our readers the story of the Monday Hearts for Madalene project, a true account of the power of enduring love.The project began in 2005, when Page Hodel first met Madalene Rodriguez and fell “instantly, dizzyingly in love with her.” Soon afterwards, Page began leaving handmade hearts on…
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Eye of the Storm: Shawn Thornton Paints His Cancer
How an artist channeled a pineal gland tumor into stunning paintingsPhiladelphia-based artist Shawn Thornton, now 40, suffered from a cancerous tumor of the pineal gland in his 20s. Later, he channeled the pain of that experience into creating paintings that speak both to contemporary and yonder periods of art. The works wax Cubist and Surrealist, pulling motifs from Dali, Man Ray and Picasso. But they could just…
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