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Surgery

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    California Pelican's Bent Beak Bent No More Thanks to First Emergency Surgery

    The Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach is cheering the success of the first surgery to repair the bent beak of an American White Pelican whose jaw was out of alignment. When the call came in about "Nigel," as the Pelican has been nicknamed, it had lost weight, its wing was tangled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Catherine Kieu Becker Pleads Not Guilty to Slicing Off Estranged Husband's Pecker

    ​After several starts and stops, Catherine Kieu Becker finally entered another not guilty plea today to slicing off his estranged husband's penis as he was waking up, throwing the member into the garbage disposal and turning it on. That means she still could have done it, as she supposedly admitte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    1-800-GET-THIN Clinic Worker Claims Details Were Covered Up in OC Woman's Death

    Paula Rojeski​Credibility has been rapidly shrinking for the executives behind the 1-800-GET-THIN campaign (you know the one), and now, a new lawsuit alleges that the business they're running is a "huge, lucrative and criminal enterprise."  In the lawsuit, posted here by the Los Angeles Times ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Pancha Keophimone, Recruiter of Patients in $154 Million Insurance Scam, Cuts a Deal

    ​A woman who was a "capper"--one who illegally recruits healthy patients to undergo unnecessary and often dangerous surgeries so medical practices can earn health insurance payments--was sentenced today to a year in jail for her role in what prosecutors call "the largest medical fraud prosecution ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Ladera Ranch Woman is the Latest in a String of Post Lap-Band Surgery Deaths

    Coming to a billboard near you. ​​​Los Angeles Times reporters have been staying on top of Lap-Band clinic practices like that maple bacon donut stays on top of your would-be waistline.    The Lap-Band, of course, is Allergan's surgically-implanted weight-loss device obnoxiously ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    [UPDATED with Manslaughter Count:] Leovardo Vera Bustos, OC Homicide No. 33: Dies From Single Punch

    Medina-Perez​UPDATE, AUG. 5, 10:19 A.M.: As expected, amended charges have been filed against 24-year-old Oscar Raul Medina-Perez in the death of Leovardo Vera Bustos, who died from brain injuries two weeks after taking a single punch in front of La Barca Night Club in Stanton on July 5.However, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    [UPDATED with Ruling:] A Ban on a Circumcision Ban in California?

    UPDATE, JULY 28, 4:04 P.M.: ​Snip away. A Superior Court judge has ruled that the measure to criminalize circumcision in San Francisco violates both the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of religious freedom, and a California law that makes regulating medical procedures solely a state matter, not a fu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    [UPDATED with Victim's Death:] Leovardo Vera Bustos, OC Homicide No. 33: Dies From Single Punch Outside Nightclub

    Medina-Perez​UPDATE, JULY 26, 7:44 A.M.: 24-year-old Westminster resident Leovardo Vera Bustos has died from the brain injuries suffered after sustaining a single punch in front of La Barca NIght Club in Stanton on July 5.Bustos fell backward, hit the ground hard, lost consciousness and never reg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Peter Newen, Surf City Cutter, Wins Big at First Plastic Surgery Awards

    ​They give awards to movie stars, schoolteachers and even rodeo ropers, so why not your friendly neighborhood cutter?Why not, indeed. They handed out hardware to plastic surgeons Saturday night in Las Vegas, site of the first Aesthetic Awards.The big winner of the night hailed from Orange County.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Allergan Wants The FDA To Approve Lap-Bands For Teens

    ​In another attempt to expand the fatty pool for its popular Lap-Band devices, Allergan Inc. is now targeting a younger set.  The Irvine-based pharmaceutical company has asked the Food and Drug Administration to allow the weight-loss surgery for those as young as 14, the Los Angeles Times rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    [UPDATED] Norma Ruth Casini, Live-in Caretaker, Accused of Stealing $610,000 From 85-Year-Old for Trips, New Teeth, Laser Eye Work, Dog Whisperer

    ​UPDATE, FEB. 22, 5:33 P.M.: Prosecutors today charged Leno Casini in the caregiver theft case that has already led to charges against the 56-year-old Laguna Niguel resident's wife. The husband is now charged with two felony counts each of accessory after the fact and receiving stolen property an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Allergan Seeks to Expand Fatty Pool for Lap-Bands

    ​Allergan Inc., which is already rolling in it thanks to remedies such as Botox, Latisse and Natrelle breast implants, aims to roll in even more of it by increasing the fatty pool for its Lap-Band weight-loss devices.The Irvine-based pharmaceutical company wants the government to decrease the mini ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Carly Fiorina, Cancer Survivor, Hospitalized

    ​UPDATE: She'll apparently be back on the campaign trail tomorrow (see end of post) . . . The Carly for California campaign issued a statement Wednesday morning indicating cancer survivor Carly Fiorina was hospitalized due to an infection tied to her past reconstructive breast surgery.While Fiorin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Will U2 Cancel Anaheim Tour Dates?

    Andrew YoussefU2 at the Rose Bowl, October 25, 2009.​Speaking of cancellations, U2 just canceled their June 3 concert in Salt Lake due to Bono's emergency back surgery. Can the Anaheim dates for Sunday and Monday, June 6 and 7 be far behind?

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Boobs or Bust

    Jay Brockman​You want a brand spanking new set of breasts to replace your old implants, with a little liposuction on the side, but you don't have the $12,000 to pay for the surgeries. What do you do?

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Orly Taitz Gets In On the Suing Healthcare Reform Game

    Taitz photo by John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyThe two most powerful women in America.​The cluster of attorneys general filing suit against the federal government to stop the just-passed health-care reform bill aren't alone in their battle.We'll give you one guess on who else has taken up their cause.

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009

    20th Annual High Tea and Fashion Show

    Balboa Bay Club

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Anaheim Hills Urologist Goes From Being Botched Penile Enlargement Surgery Expert to Botched Penile Enlargement Surgery Defendant

    Dr. Gary Rheinschild​For "Long and Short of It," Salon.com's Aug. 2, 1999, story on botched penile enlargement surgeries and the, ahem, lengths patients must go to if they safely want to increase the size of their members, reporter Michael Easterbrook turned to an Anaheim Hills urologist for exper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Two Local Hospitals To Be Fined For Violations

    marosh / Flickr / Creative CommonsThis might sting a little.St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton and UCI Medical Center in Irvine will both face administrative fines from the California Department of Public Health, the department announced today. Each fine is $25,000, and comes as a result of "a det ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Merle Haggard Show at the Grove Canceled

    Merle Haggard's concert at the Grove of Anaheim, scheduled for Dec. 4, has been canceled. Refunds are available at the point of purchase. The official line is the show was scrapped due to "health issues;" the beloved country legend had surgery this Monday to remove a cancerous growth from his right ... More >>

  • Features

    July 24, 2008

    Fewer OC Hospitals Are Allowing Midwife-Assisted Births, And Moms-to-Be Aren't Taking It Lying Down

    Merle Haggard's concert at the Grove of Anaheim, scheduled for Dec. 4, has been canceled. Refunds are available at the point of purchase. The official line is the show was scrapped due to "health issues;" the beloved country legend had surgery this Monday to remove a cancerous growth from his right ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    A Little Help?

    A Benefit for Alex

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Tucked Up

    A Long Beach patient sues Dr. Brian West over a tummy tuck she claims went awry

  • Features

    January 10, 2008

    Under Wraps

    Many of Dr. Brian West's patients didn't know he was in the state medical board's substance-abuse-diversion program. At least six of them claim they're paying the price

  • Features

    June 7, 2007

    Summer Smart Growth

    Make sure those D cups runneth over

  • Columns

    January 18, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!

    'Why do young Chicanos keeps imitating blacks?'

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2006

    Tongue tied (sort of)

    A dispatch arrives from the cutting edge of science, where the wonders never cease: Tongue made from buttocks A Polish man who had his tongue removed has had a new one made using tissue taken from his buttocks. Jarislav Ernst, 23, from Gliwice, now has a functioning tongue made from his backside a ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 1, 2004

    Apology En Mass

    A dispatch arrives from the cutting edge of science, where the wonders never cease: Tongue made from buttocks A Polish man who had his tongue removed has had a new one made using tissue taken from his buttocks. Jarislav Ernst, 23, from Gliwice, now has a functioning tongue made from his backside a ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    Modern Medicine

    Amazingsurgeries.com plays hide the virtual salami

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