It’s THAT time again…..

Flu IQ      Flu IQ Widget. Flash Player 9 is required.      Every fall doctors and nurses talk about getting a flu shot and every year pat...

Join us for Perfect 10 Date Auction on Sunday October 10th

Join LBT Health at the Second Annual Perfect 10 Date Auction as it is back and bigger than ever. Like Perfect 10 Speed Dat...

Stigma, Social Inclusion, and Recovery from Psychiatric Illness

I'd not applied the concept of "social inclusion" to mental health work until I read the August 2010 editorial in Psychiatric ...

The Wellesley Mosque Visit Promoted Understanding

Diana Eck, professor of comparative religion and Indian studies at Harvard University, and director of the Pluralism Project , whose mission...

Active Lifestyle May Help Counter Obesity Genes

TUESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise can reduce a person's genetic predisposition to obesity by 40 percent, finds a new English...

The Brave New World of Accountable Care Organizations

Brave New World for Health Care in America Recently I attended a health care conference, sponsored by ECG Management Consultants, on the imp...

Wellesley Students Visit a Mosque - a Challenge to Tolerance

I was surprised to find Wellesley, Massachusetts, where I live, on the front page and editorial page of yesterday's Boston Globe. Here...

Psychiatric Treatment after the Haiti Earthquake

I just read an article on "Haiti Earthquake Psychiatric Relief" in this month's American Journal of Psychiatry, written by Ken...

Laughter Yoga Classes

For those of you that were able to attend the LBT Rainbow Health Fair we enjoyed a wonderful 'laughter circle'.  Even in the sho...

Mammography Coach at Wildrose Bar on December 11th

We are excited to be having our second LBT focused screening at the Wildrose on December 11th.  Last year we had so much fun as it was t...

Extended Cancer Retreat for Sexual Minority Women

Take a look at this wonderful opportunity for a weekend get-a-way at Harmony Hill which overlooks Hood Canal with awe inspiring views of th...

12th Annual LBT Rainbow Health Fair a great success

Ingrid Berkhout (left) and the LBT Rainbow Health Fair Team This was the second year that the YWCA Women's Health Outreach (WHO) org...

Anti-HIV gel is declared breakthrough for women

By Steve Sternberg , USA TODAY Researchers say they've achieved the first AIDS prevention breakthrough for women. More than a decade of ...

Distress and Sexual Health

Female Sexual Dysfunction includes disorders of desire; arousal; orgasm and sexual pain. Desire disorders include hypoactive sexual desire ...

Bloodgate - a Medical Ethics Violation that Wasn't Sexual

If you don't follow international rugby you probably haven't heard about "Bloodgate." In April, 2009, Harlequins was trail...

Moral Heroism in Little Rock, Arkansas

I was in my second year of college when President Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock to protect the nine black students who integrated th...

Death Postponed for Safety Net Dialysis Recipients

Uninsured patients with kidney failure - especially undocumented immigrants - who would be dead without dialysis, are caught between the fin...

Harvard Pilgrim's New CEO (and my new Boss)

In February, Eric Schultz was named President and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, where I direct the ethics program. Eric is my boss...

Private Sector Exemptions from 2010 Health Care Reforms and the Wellness Mandate

Private Sector Exemptions from 2010 Health Care Reforms and the Wellness Initiativ e According to an article in the New England Journal of M...