By Rosalie Triolo August 11, 2021 A man, a horse, a dog, and a commitment. Lieutenant Colonel Gerry Scott Retired US Army Reserve, and Infantry Officer, is the founder of the “Horses Over America” program. While serving in the US Army he was assigned to command one of its three horse units of 20 horses, […]
By BRIGID KENNEDYJUNE 25, 2021 The decline in male friendships has been precipitous. A May 2021 poll from the Survey Center on American Life revealed the number of American men who view themselves as having “no close friends” quintupled over the last 30 years, increasing from 3 percent in 1990 to 15 percent in 2021. […]
By John Koziol May 27, 2021 WOLFEBORO — After multiple stops Thursday to spread cheer and healing, Hercules, the gentle but gigantic Friesian horse, cooled off by doing laps in Lake Winnipesaukee at the Town Docks. “It’s the most sought-after breed in the world,” said Gerry Scott of Saco, Maine who owns Hercules, a black […]
BY JACK ALLSOPP May 31, 2021 A dark brown horse and a yellow dog stood in the sun on the green grass in the center of Boothby Square in Portland on a Saturday this spring. Gerry Scott, donning a white cowboy hat, stood 20 feet away allowing Hercules, his 10-year-old Friesian horse, and Molly, his […]
May 18, 2021 By Thor Benson As life slowly returns to some version of normalcy in the U.S., psychologists are confronting a difficult reality: Many people won’t be back to normal anytime soon. That means the work of many mental health professionals is only starting. Psychologists are ramping up efforts to understand how the pandemic […]
U.S. life expectancy plunged by a full year in the first half of 2020, the biggest drop since World War II, as the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the country. Life expectancy at birth dropped to 77.8 years from 78.8 in 2019, according to provisional data from the National Center for Health Statistics. The report also showed […]
By Dr. Nicholas Nissen February 10, 2021 A year ago, the U.S. was in the grips of an epidemic — the scourge of opioid addiction, with more than 70,000 lives lost to drug overdoses in 2019, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The topic was at the center of public health, academic, and […]
Jan. 12, 2021 By Rachel Paula Abrahamson This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is at risk of suicide please call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, text TALK to 741741 or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resourcesfor additional resources. When Nicole Phelps learned of NBA legend Kobe Bryant’s death, her mind went […]
By Jack Healy, Danielle Ivory and Serge F. Kovaleski Oct. 30, 2020 KIRKLAND, Wash. — After months of near-isolation inside his senior care facility, Charlie no longer recognizes his wife of almost 50 years. In another nursing home, Susan’s toenails grew so long that she could not squeeze into her shoes. Ida lost 37 pounds […]