Women's Health

Karen Hatfield Hosts 1st Annual "Pink Apron" Dinner with Mary Sue Milliken, Suzanne Tracht, Dakota Weiss, Nyesha Arrington Sherry Yard

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and to support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, chef Karen Hatfield is hosting a one-night dinner at Hatfield's on Oc. 8 with help from five of L.A,'s best female chefs, including Suzanne Tracht (Jar), Mary Sue Milliken (Border Grill), Dakota W ... More >>

Eating Fatty Foods During Pregnancy Linked to Breast Cancer in Offspring

In the "Well This Really Sucks" department, a new study has found that women who eat a lot of fatty foods during pregnancy increase their daughters' -- and even their granddaughters' -- chances of getting breast cancer, the UK's Daily Mail reports. Now we've gotta worry about what our grandmas ate ... More >>

Moderate Boozing May Prevent Bone Loss in Women

Drinking one or two alcoholic drinks daily may curb bone loss in women, according to a new study. The effect is so marked that taking just a two-week break from booze hastened bone decline, WebMD reports. Researchers at the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University stu ... More >>

Campbell's to Phase Out BPA in Cans

Campbell's Soup Co. has announced that it soon will stop using the notorious chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, in the linings of its cans, the Environmental Working Group reports. The move comes as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is poised to decide by March 31 whether to ban the chemical's use in ... More >>

Hazel Jones, Two-Vagina Lady, Says No to L.A. Porn King Steve Hirsch's $1 Million Offer to Perform

We kind of hoped the story about the British woman who was born with two vaginas would just go away, on the double. But no. L.A. porn king Steve Hirsch of Vivid Entertainment hasn't met a headline he didn't like. And now he's offering 27-year-old Hazel Jones $1 million to show off her oddities on f ... More >>

Glass of Red Wine a Day Could Keep Breast Cancer Away, Says New Cedars-Sinai Research

RadarOnlineDoctor's orders.​Does drinking wine affect a girl's odds for breast cancer? Battle of the studies! Just a couple months ago, Harvard University released some buzz-killing stats showing that "women who drink just four small glasses of wine a week increase their risk of developing br ... More >>

'Ta-Ta' Dodgeball Game With Breast-Like Balls For Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Only in L.A.

knowcancer.com​Straddling the edge between feminism and sexism, compassion and hedonism, a group cheekily named the Eagle Rock Yacht Club is hosting a "Ta-Ta Tournament" of the Dodgeball variety, where the dodgeballs are resemble breasts and the after-party resembles an after-party. Now, befo ... More >>

BPA Found in Kid-Friendly Canned Foods

Campbell'sDisney princesses may contain toxic chemicals​ Disney princesses may be toxic, and not just for sociological reasons. New testing by the Breast Cancer Fund has found BPA (bisphenol-A) in six brands of canned foods marketed to children, with the highest level in Campbell's Disney Prin ... More >>

Susie's Annual Pink Satur-dye

Love Those BPMs

Medical Marijuana is The New Midol? California Docs Pitch Cannabis to Fairer Sex

vintagegraphictees.comMarijuana, girl.​In Los Angeles, the cannabis club capital of the nation, we know that medical marijuana is good for, well, whatever you write down on the clipboard in the pot doc's office. Bad backs, migraines, sore muscles, break-ups, raves, Snoop Dogg concerts. But, ... More >>

Dr. Lawrence Resnick, Women's Breast Specialist in Santa Monica, Sued for Alleged Sexual Harassment During Breast Exam

Google MapsThe Women's Breast Center is located along Wilshire in Santa Monica​Last thing a girl wants to encounter while undergoing an already-uncomfortable boob ultrasound: A creeper with fondling rights. That's not to say that Dr. Lawrence H. Resnick, president of the Women's Breast Center ... More >>

Potluck Purpose: New Hollywood Chapter Of Dining For Women Launches Tomorrow

Michael Sears, www.jsonli.jpgAfghani Culinary Themed Potluck At A Milwaukee Dining For Women​Charity dinners at restaurants are great presuming you can afford the high dollar price tag that comes along with them. For the rest of us, or at least half of us, Dining for Women's first L.A. chapter ... More >>

Porn Industry Testing Clinic in the Valley Reopens After Being Shut Down by County, State

AIDS Healthcare Foundation wants condoms, not clinics.​The porn industry clinic that came under fire for providing the adult video business with an alternative to condom use -- a system of regular testing for performers -- has reopened under private ownership. The Adult Industry Medical Healt ... More >>

ANOTHER PUSHY BROAD WHO HAD SEX AND IS RUBBING OUR FACE IN IT

Judge Harry Pregerson: 9th Circuit decision harms asylum seekers

Ninth Circuit Judge Harry Pregerson has asylum seekers backs​People seeking asylum in the United States suffered a serious blow when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently voted not to review the case of a woman who had suffered genital mutilation in her homeland. That's according to Judge Ha ... More >>

Carly Fiorina, Rebublican U.S. Senate Candidate, Hospitalized With Infection Caused By Breast Reconstruction Surgery

Associated PressCarly Fiorina on a better day​[Updated after the jump: Fiorina will be released today -- and is expected back on the trail by tomorrow.] [Updated after the jump with the probability that this is just an infection. Expert commentary from Laura Kruper, M.D., an assistant profess ... More >>

Do Booze And Breast Cancer Awareness Mix? Not Really, Says L.A. Expert Deborah Anthony

​It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Los Angeles, and the alcohol companies are out in force making sure you "think pink" when it comes to supporting this particular cause. There's Chambord and its "Pink Your Drink" campaign. Sutter Home has a white zinfandel wrapped in a pink ribbon. And, ... More >>

Woman Who Had Breasts Removed Unnecessarily At L.A. County Hospital To Get Nearly $200,000

​A woman whose breasts were removed at County-USC Medical Center following an erroneous cancer diagnosis will be able to settle a lawsuit against the county for just less than $200,000. The $198,000 settlement was approved this week by the County Board of Supervisors, according to Associate ... More >>

12 Deceptive Pieces: The KFC-Komen Foundation Union

KFC/Susan G. Komen Foundation​Witness the improbable marriage of grease-pusher KFC and the Susan G. Komen Foundation, who have united under the inelegant banner Buckets for the Cure in a bid to make "the largest single donation to end breast cancer forever." In their television ad, diners are ... More >>

Pregnancy-Related Deaths Have Tripled In California

​The number of women who have died from complications related to their pregnancies has tripled from 1996 to 2006, California Watch is reporting. Two possible reasons: An increase in cesarean sections and a growing number of overweight moms-to-be. Just as intriguing: The state Department of He ... More >>

IN THE PINK WITH DODGER BLUE

BOOBS FOR BUCKS

Your Placenta or Mine?

Last Night: Bowling For Boobies 2008 at Lucky Strike Lanes

Check out the Bowling for Boobies 2008 slideshow by clicking on the image above. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/people/Holly_Madison_Bowls_for_Boobies_in_Los_Angeles'; Monday night at Lucky Strike Lanes in Hollywood, I sat in a bowling booth next to Playboy's Holly Madison, Hugh Hefner's ex-main sq ... More >>

Frankie B. Jeans & Genes

Frankie B. designer Daniella Clarke was inspired by her "love affair with music" for her latest collection, not too surprising considering she married a musician— Gilby Clarke a former Guns-n-Roser. So what does a "love affair with music" look like? Smudgey morning after a night on a tour bu ... More >>

Beauty Bars Across America- TONIGHT!

Tonight (Wed, 10/4) kicks off the month-long Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (FTBC) charity event at Beauty Bars across the nation. The Council of Fashion Designers of America, with Rose Apodaca and Trina Turk, are hosting our local fundraiser at the Cahuenga Beauty Bar tonight. Get a martini* and a m ... More >>

Skid Row

A Race for Life

Adventure racer Louise Cooper

Swept Away

The Back Story

Tough Roe to Hoe

Who will fight the next battle for choice?

Masters of Charity

Time catches up with Pallotta Teamworks

Miles To Go

Another Pallotta TeamWorks’ setback leaves kids in the dust

It Was a Doll Revolution

V-Day Celebration

Sex, violence, RAWA and The Vagina Monologues

Labor’s Pains

Naomi Wolf on the birth myth

A Lasting Wit

Margo Kaufman, 1953–2000

Her Last Worry

Lucy Esquivel blamed the tainted soil for her cancer

Spiritual Calling

Elaine Welton Hill, 1954 - 1999

What a Piece of Work Is Woman

Natalie Angier’s girl science

Higher Calling

Women’s-health advocates challenge the rise of Catholic hospitals