More on Concierge Medicine

I recently posted about two physicians in my neighborhood closing their primary care practices in favor of a limited, fee-based concierge p...

Atheists in Foxholes

The old saw - "there are no atheists in foxholes" - is a lie. If you need proof, visit the Military Association of Atheists and Fr...

Accountable Care Medicare Shared Savings Rules and How they Benefit Consumers

Accountable Care Organizations and Medicare Shared Savings Program The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which includes...

Advocating For Patients

Two weeks ago, on April 7th 2011, I attended the Planned Parenthood lobby and rally day in Washington DC. It was my very first real use of t...

Concierge Medicine

Yesterday the Boston Globe reported that two of the most respected physicians at the Newton Wellesley Hospital, five miles from where I liv...

Pain Control, Hypnosis, and Medical Ethics

Two years ago I wrote about self-directed hypnosis as a effective and ethically admirable clinical intervention. A recent New York times ar...

Looking for a few good volunteers

Have you been to our fabulous LBTQ Rainbow Health Fair that takes place Pride weekend?  Have you thought...'I would love to volunteer a...

Have you had a mammogram lately? Opportunity at May 3rd Mobile Mammography Screening

The YWCA LBTQ Health, part of the Women’s Health Outreach, together with the CSPC is organizing a mobile mammogram screening on Tuesday May ...

Join the fight! Participate in a breast cancer research study!

The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation and the Avon Foundation for Women , a global leader in breast cancer research, joined forces to laun...

Improving Health By Telling, and Hearing, Stories

The January issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine has a fascinating and important report of a randomized controlled trial of storytellin...