Surgery

Pro-Circumcision AIDS Researcher Left S.F. a Pariah, Came Back a Visionary

Phallus in Blunderland

The insatiable desire for bigger and better lured thousands of men into the operating room for penile augmentation surgery. Now, one of the nation's top docs is trying to clean up the mess.

Want Some Candye?

The insatiable desire for bigger and better lured thousands of men into the operating room for penile augmentation surgery. Now, one of the nation's top docs is trying to clean up the mess.

My Body, My Self

Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

Letters to the Editor

Week of 5-2-2007

No Hail Caesarean

Expectant mothers are losing an option to birth babies naturally and activists are charging it is more about money than safety

The Revolutionary Test for Lung Cancer

... the medical establishment doesn’t want you to have. Yet.

Cell Therapy

Bay Area researchers are using a particular cancer to produce neuronlike cells that, when injected into the brain, seem to reverse the effects of stroke. Is the treatment a historic medical breakthrough, or a reckless ploy to attract investors?

Best Poke in the Eye

Dr. Rochelle Slamovich

Best Place to Get Eyeballed

Urban Eyes

Best Hospital at Which to Have a Myocardial Infarction

California Pacific Medical Center

Surgery Sans Blood

Jehovah's Witnesses refused transfusions -- and led the way to bloodless surgery

Savage Love

Jehovah's Witnesses refused transfusions -- and led the way to bloodless surgery

Slap Shots

Jehovah's Witnesses refused transfusions -- and led the way to bloodless surgery

Chick's in the Male

Under a proposal receiving serious consideration by the city, health insurers may be required to cover the cost of municipal workers' sex changes

Letters

Under a proposal receiving serious consideration by the city, health insurers may be required to cover the cost of municipal workers' sex changes

Beauty Knows No Pain

Building a Better Body at the 28th Annual Session of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Ocean of Pearls

Building a Better Body at the 28th Annual Session of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Real Horrorshow!

Building a Better Body at the 28th Annual Session of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Carly Fiorina Hospitalized

No campaign pit stop...​In a role reversal from having angry nurses follow her around the state, Carly Fiorina has opted to visit them instead. The Republican Senate candidate's campaign confirmed that the breast cancer survivor was undergoing treatment due to an infection related to reconstructiv ... More >>

San Francisco Circumcision Ban Aims to Spice Up Your Sex Life (VIDEO)

Soon to be punishable under modern law? ​Read full text of proposed circumcision ban at bottom of this article If a San Francisco man named Lloyd Schofield gathers a shade over 7,000 signatures, San Franciscans will actually get the chance to vote on whether or not to ban the practice of circumcis ... More >>

San Francisco Circumcision Ban Unconstitutional, Professor Says

Perform a brit milah, go to jail? ​San Francisco can have its proposed circumcision ban, or it can have the First Amendment. But it can't have both. That's the opinion of Peter Keane, dean emeritus at Golden Gate University School of Law and a constitutional law professor. The potential ballot mea ... More >>

Circumcision Ban Seems More Focused on Penises Than Children's Rights

Won't someone please think of the children?​Lloyd Schofield, the retired hotel credit manager seeking to place a circumcision ban on the San Francisco ballot, says his campaign is all about saving innocents. "Our prime goal is to protect the child," he said in an interview.But his campaign seems m ... More >>

Circumcision Ban Could Make the Cut For November Ballot

Voter empathy?​Lloyd Schofield tells reporters that he expects his ban on circumcision to make it to the November ballot. Believe it or not -- Schofield says his signature-gathering is right "on track." We'll just have to take his word for it, since Schofield wouldn't say exactly how many signatur ... More >>

S.F. Circumcision Ban Is a Bad Idea But It Could Still Become Law

Voter empathy?​Lloyd Schofield tells reporters that he expects his ban on circumcision to make it to the November ballot. Believe it or not -- Schofield says his signature-gathering is right "on track." We'll just have to take his word for it, since Schofield wouldn't say exactly how many signatur ... More >>

Circumcision Ban Isn't "Only in San Francisco" After All

S.F. isn't the only city that wants to cut circumcision from its laws​Apparently, you can find a little touch of San Francisco's bizarre in nearly every corner of the country. The city isn't the only one looking to criminalize male circumcision. This national effort to ban the "mutilation" of fore ... More >>

Foreskin Man Comic Illustrates Controversy Over S.F. Circumcision Ban

Foreskin Man doesn't really sound like a name for a superhero ... ​Just when you thought the debate over San Francisco's circumcision ban couldn't get any kookier. The group behind the San Francisco ballot measure has released a comic called Foreskin Man.It depicts the story of a lovely Jewish cou ... More >>

Circumcision Ban Didn't Make the Cut in Santa Monica

Only in San Francisco​So it is only in San Francisco that a ban on circumcising would make it to the ballot. Efforts to replicate the city's outlandish proposal in Santa Monica are no more. Jena Troutman, a self-described child advocate, has been leading the charge to gather signatures to place a ... More >>

Circumcision Ban Challenged: Religious Leaders File Lawsuit Today

Taylor FriedmanNo, this isn't a bris ceremony ​Update 1:25 p.m.: Jewish and Muslim plaintiffs file lawsuit challenging San Francisco's circumcision ban. Read more after the jump.We knew this was coming -- it was just a matter of time. The Jewish community has united with other religious groups to ... More >>

Circumcision Ban Is Unconstitutional and Anti-Semitic, City Attorney Says

Now things are really becoming uncomfortable ​City Attorney Dennis Herrera has weighed in on San Francisco's proposed circumcision ban issue, saying that, among other things, it's patently unconstitutional and should be removed from the November ballot. In a brief  filed Thursday afternoon, H ... More >>

Circumcision Ban Compromise: Snip Only Some of the Foreskin!

A third way?​The topic of babies' foreskins has been oddly prominent in our city's political and legal discourse as of late. With a ballot initiative that would ban circumcision going before San Francisco voters this fall, various legal authorities, religious groups, and comic-book illustrators ha ... More >>

ACLU Joins the Fight Against the Circumcision Ban

Cock fight ​As expected, we can now add the ACLU to the list of people officially against the proposed circumcision ban in San Francisco. Today, the organization's Northern California branch joined the Jewish Community Relations Council by filing an amicus curiae brief that urges the California S ... More >>

Assemblywoman Fiona Ma: Nobody Would Enforce a Circumcision Ban

Penis patrol​The state is (finally) intervening in the debate on whether San Francisco can criminalize circumcisions on males younger than 18. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma is headed to the city's Sunset District today to announce a new bill that will specifically stop California cities from trying to be ... More >>

Circumcision Ban Tentatively Snipped from S.F. Ballot

Snipped from the ballot?​The growing effort to remove San Francisco's circumcision ban from the November ballot San Francisco Superior Court Judge Loretta M. Giorgi issued a tentative ruling this afternoon, saying that because the measure attempts to regulate a medical procedure, the purpose of th ... More >>

Circumcision Ban Cut from the Ballot

"Intactivist" David Pinckney​The city's controversial circumcision ban was officially snipped from the November ballot after Judge Loretta Giorgi ruled this morning that the measure would violate state law that prevents cities and counties from regulating medical services -- when they are a matte ... More >>

A Jewish Perspective on Circumcision: SF Weekly Talks to Cut Director Eli Ungar-Sargon

Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon​Eli Ungar-Sargon was raised in an Orthodox household, with rabbis in the family and a Talmudic scholar father. But Ungar-Sargon, who dropped out of medical school to pursue a film career, struggled to reconcile Jewish traditions and ethical questions, especially regarding ritu ... More >>

Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Bill That Heads Off Local Ban on Circumcisions

Intactivists hopes are snipped -- for good ​The controversy over male circumcisions have officially been nipped in the bud. Governor Jerry Brown on Sunday signed off on a new law that puts the kibosh local cities and counties to criminalize circumcision for males younger than 18.Lawmakers passed t ... More >>

UCSF Medical Center, SF General Fined for Surgical Screw-Ups

​UCSF Medical Center and San Francisco General Hospital have both been fined tens of thousands of dollars for operating-room mishaps, the California Department of Public Health announced today.The two are among 14 major hospitals against which state health officials issued sanctions, including top ... More >>