Women's Health

S.F. Komen Affiliates "Thrilled" to Continue Funding Planned Parenthood

​The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation relieved its six California affiliates today when it pledged to reverse its unpopular policy to stop funding Planned Parenthood and its breast cancer prevention programs.During Komen's grant review process, the foundation decided that any organizations b ... 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 >>

Donors Allege Price-Fixing Scheme for Human Eggs by Fertility Clinics

Big business?​An Arcata woman is suing national reproductive-medicine groups, alleging that they and their member fertility clinics have engaged in a price-fixing scheme to underpay female donors for their eggs.In her lawsuit, filed this week in San Francisco's federal courthouse, plaintiff Justin ... More >>

Beer a Secret Weapon in Breast Cancer Fight, Hopes Breastfest

Breastfest​Fighters of breast cancer are again pulling out their secret weapon: beer. The annual Breastfest will soon be upon us, with more than 40 breweries, several hundred beers, and live music aligning on July 2 to fight one of the most feared diseases. We can't say truthfully that the mo ... More >>

One Woman's Guide to Cheap S.F. Health Clinics

Breastfest​Fighters of breast cancer are again pulling out their secret weapon: beer. The annual Breastfest will soon be upon us, with more than 40 breweries, several hundred beers, and live music aligning on July 2 to fight one of the most feared diseases. We can't say truthfully that the mo ... More >>

Obama Birth Certificate: Examiner Can't Decide Where It Stands

Say what? ​The ongoing spectacle surrounding President Barack Obama's place of birth was a debacle that did its utmost to make everyone in this country just a little stupider. That's saying a lot for a country that actually impeached its commander-in-chief because he lied about getting a hummer -- ... More >>

A Postcard from the Future

Or, how 2011 was the year everything changed in music.

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 >>

Pink Handcuffs? That's How We Roll in San Francisco.

Jim HerdDo those cuffs clash with your ensemble? The arrest is off! ​Football fans may have noticed the jarring sight of NFL teams outfitted with pink accouterments of late as a nod to Breast Cancer Awareness. And folks who get arrested in the park may have noticed cops donning the pink handcuffs ... More >>

Go Nancy! Go Nancy!

Jim HerdDo those cuffs clash with your ensemble? The arrest is off! ​Football fans may have noticed the jarring sight of NFL teams outfitted with pink accouterments of late as a nod to Breast Cancer Awareness. And folks who get arrested in the park may have noticed cops donning the pink handcuffs ... More >>

Doctor Gets 11 Years for 'Inappropriate and Unprofessional' Vaginal Exams on Latinas

​A San Francisco doctor who catered to Spanish-speaking patients has been sentenced to almost 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting women in his care with unnecessary "pelvic examinations."Jose Rosas, a general practitioner from Peru, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years and eight months in ... More >>

New Female Condom Campaign Targets Gay Men in San Francisco. You Read That Right.

The female condom is awkward. ​Cheaper female condoms! Come get yer cheaper female condoms!Yeah. That's really what's up. A newer, cheaper female condom,  FC2, as in, Female Condom 2 (wildly creative, right?) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2009. It costs about 65 per ... More >>

Flojuggler is a website for that time of the month

The female condom is awkward. ​Cheaper female condoms! Come get yer cheaper female condoms!Yeah. That's really what's up. A newer, cheaper female condom,  FC2, as in, Female Condom 2 (wildly creative, right?) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2009. It costs about 65 per ... More >>

"Sex and the City 2" struggles against nature to stay forever young

The female condom is awkward. ​Cheaper female condoms! Come get yer cheaper female condoms!Yeah. That's really what's up. A newer, cheaper female condom,  FC2, as in, Female Condom 2 (wildly creative, right?) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2009. It costs about 65 per ... More >>

'Tasty Temptations' at Friday's Beats for Boobs Fundraiser at 111 Minna

The Cake GalleryChocolate Breasts cake from The Cake Gallery​Beats for Boobs is the attention-getting name for a cutting-edge breast cancer event this Friday. Expect an evening of fire performances, a fashion show, a prize-dispensing Boobie Wheel, and DJs at this annual benefit for the Breast ... More >>

Did You Know We're In the Midst of 'Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week'? Is This a Rhetorical Question?

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

Frameline at The Center: Free Film Screenings for the Community

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

Breast cancer sucks, and so does Tough Titty

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

Tough Love

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

Titty Titty Bon Bons Support Fight Against Breast Cancer

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

High School Grotesque

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

No Money In Male Birth Control

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

Giving You Some Lip

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

The Business of Being Born

If you had your head in the sand regarding Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, you can be forgiven -- it's easy to get distracted what with this being the week alloted to infertility and crime victims and the month to be aware of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, autism, and Cesareans (the C-sectio ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

Week of 5-9-2007

Close the Window

Performance art for homebodies

Letters to the Editor

Week of August 7, 2002

Best Batterer Betterer

Hamish Sinclair

Founder, Manalive

Letters to the Editor

Your Sorry Ash; Sour Charity

Too Young to Die

They are the "AIDS babies." Born before doctors learned how to prevent HIV transmission to newborns, hundreds of California kids are growing up under the burden of a deadly disease.

Letters to the Editor

Got It; Got It; Didn't Get It; Female Cracker Morons Who Maim; Ounce of Prevention; Our Apologies, John; The Oddest Clarification We've Published This Year

South to the Future

Feminists Protest Gay Marriages

"Fairfield Wives" Saga Continues

Mormon doctor's conviction for sexual penetration with foreign object upheld; allegation of juror misconduct headed for court

Side Dish

Special Sauce, Dear Michael, Leviathan, Sold Upstream, A League of Their Own, and Royal Flush

Savage Love

Special Sauce, Dear Michael, Leviathan, Sold Upstream, A League of Their Own, and Royal Flush

The Fairfield Wives

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

Savage Love

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

Savage Love

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

Mulch

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

Letters

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

Savage Love

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

Night+Day

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

Savage Love

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

Dog Bites

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

As They Lay Dying

Breast cancer activists rage at Genentech for withholding an experimental drug

Beauty Knows No Pain

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