Subject: Women's Health

• A Little Bit Pregnant

  Whoever said you can't be a little bit pregnant never reckoned with the can-do spirit of the Bush administration. As the Washington Post reports: New federal guidelines ask all females capable of conceiving a baby to treat themselves -- and to be treated by the health care system -- as pre-pregnant, regardless of whether they plan to get pregnant anytime soon. Among other things, this means all women between first menstrual period and menopause should take folic acid supplements, refrain from

  May 17, 2006

• Running with Rockers

  The Cold War Kids are playing a very special Orange County show on Sept. 24, and anyone can go. Anyone, that is, who's willing to walk five kilometers for tickets. The 24th is also the day of the Orange County Race for the Cure - namely the cure for breast cancer. The Race, held at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, is part of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's vicious paramilitary action against malignant mammaries. The Kids are encouraging friends and fans to join them on the day,

  August 28, 2006

• Babies, Porn Stars and Mixed-Martial Artists

  New York Post Page 6 columnist Richard Johnson reports today that retired porn star Jenna Jameson is having “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz's love child. Well, at least we think it's Tito's. Pity the fool who is the father if it is not. By the by, our image of Ortiz was shot by former Weekly staffer Luke Y. Thompson, who covered the North American Mixed Martial Arts Association Expo back in December on this very site. It's unclear whether the amazing LYT will be invited into the la

  August 6, 2008

• Bad Dirt!

  January 27, 2000

• Have A Baby, Have An Orgasm? What The?

  The makers of a new documentary called "Orgasmic Birth" promise that such a thing is possible when you give birth without drugs, wheelchairs and stirrups. The enigmatic (and not immediately obvious) sensual secrets of childbirth will be revealed at a screening of the film tonight in Laguna Niguel. If you're still not convinced, there will be a panel of doctors, midwives, mothers, doulas and the like after the film to chat about the many (orgasmic?) ways women can give birth but are never told a

  November 11, 2008

• A Doctor Walks Into A Bar...

  ...And proceeds to fondle and otherwise molest his patients? Switch out the bar to an examining room and that's what the OC District Attorney's office is alleging that David Hung Do, a Kaiser doctor who worked in La Palma and Anaheim, did to three female patients between June 2007 and July 2008. Do was arrested last Friday on charges that he touched the female patients' breasts and vaginas beneath their clothing while performing "routine" medical exams at Kaiser hospitals and urgent care centers

  December 1, 2008

• Try on a Bra, Fight Breast Cancer

  You--not you, sir--can help fight breast cancer while receiving a complimentary bra fitting at various local locations over the next few weeks.For every woman who tries on a Wacoal or b.tempt'd bra with a fit specialist and signs up to receive monthly reminders to do self-breast exams, Wacoal will donate $2 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure for breast cancer research and community health programs. Wacoal will also donate an additional $2 for every Wacoal bra, shapewear piece or b.tempt'd bra purcha

  April 13, 2009

• Knit One Cure Two

  November 27, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  October 2, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  August 14, 2008

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

  July 24, 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

  January 10, 2008

• Hey, You!

  Hot-tempered

  September 27, 2007

• Preventing Care

  May 25, 2000

• Saving the Boobs

  Breast Cancer Benefit at Alexs Bar

  July 19, 2007

• Playing Up the Season

  Summer shows this critic would consider shelling out his own cash for . . . if he werent getting in for free already

  June 7, 2007

• Boozers, Users and Losers

  June 22, 2006

• Preemptive Strikes We Like

  March 9, 2006

• 'I Am the Epitome of Reality'

  January 26, 2006

• FDA FUs Plan B

  June 3, 2004

• EIGHT DAYS

  June 3, 2004

• Theres Got to Be a Morning After

  January 15, 2004

• Not So Little Plays

  September 11, 2003

• Time for a Plan B

  September 11, 2003

• Staying Alive

  December 19, 2002

• Empire of the Nonsenses

  January 17, 2002

• Menopausal, Bitter, Old, Deranged

  December 6, 2001

• Death Becomes Us

  August 31, 2000

• Stop the Dying of African American Women from Breast Cancer

  May 28, 2009

• PETA Tee Prefers Breasts Over Animal Testing

  PETACatalog.org​ We all know PETA is no stranger to using "edgy" marketing campaigns, showcasing naked (and half-naked) women to trumpet their cause--see our recent slightly NSFW Ringling Bros. protest slideshow here--but some think their priorities are a little misaligned, worthy cause or not.Check out PETA's latest offering from their catalog: The "Breasts Not Animal Tests" tank, $24. The product description reads:"You probably already know that peta2 loves animals. But did you know that we

  July 28, 2009

• 2nd Annual Invitational Custom Car and Bike Show

  August 13, 2009

• Health Care Agency Blocks Planned Parenthood's Final Attempt to Secure County Funding

  ​After thirty years of working closely with the county and swooping in to absorb patients the county's shoddy public health care system could no longer treat, Planned Parenthood was forced to give up the county grant it has received for the past nine years. In a scathing letter written to the county Health Care Agency, CEO Jon Dunn ripped into the agency, and the board of supervisors, for blatantly erecting a series of barriers that have made it virtually impossible for the organization to rec

  July 31, 2009

• Menopause the Musical

  September 3, 2009

• Gettin' Made: For a Good Cause

  On October 29, The Vintage Emporium in Long Beach will be hosting a Crafty Thursday class to benefit breast cancer research. Class size is limited, so you breast sign up quick! Denise Hahn of In My Blue Room teaches a Mini-book workshop on October 29 to benefit breast cancer research.​ After the jump, more info on this fundraiser and the folks behind it.

  October 21, 2009