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Medical Treatments and Procedures

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Couple Sues Miami Doctor Over Botched Circumcision That Left Son's Penis "Unsightly"

    A husband and wife are suing their Miami doctor over a botched circumcision that left their infant son with a "unsightly... and permanently scarred" penis. Steven and Keka Lorenzana of Coral Gables filed suit against South Miami ob/gyn Lissette Molina on May 11. The suit claims that Molina botched t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Tip Drill Has Jaw Wired Shut, Plans to Retire From the Pole

    ​The saga of Tip Drill, the King of Diamonds uber-stripper injured in a nasty stage fall, has taken a bittersweet turn. As she's chronicled on her Twitter feed, surgery to repair facial injuries went well. But when she's finally recovered, she says, she's walking away from the pole for good.

  • News

    February 23, 2012

    Reader mail: Quit chopping baby penises already

    ​The saga of Tip Drill, the King of Diamonds uber-stripper injured in a nasty stage fall, has taken a bittersweet turn. As she's chronicled on her Twitter feed, surgery to repair facial injuries went well. But when she's finally recovered, she says, she's walking away from the pole for good.

  • News

    February 16, 2012

    Circumcision activists square off against thousands of years of tradition

    ​The saga of Tip Drill, the King of Diamonds uber-stripper injured in a nasty stage fall, has taken a bittersweet turn. As she's chronicled on her Twitter feed, surgery to repair facial injuries went well. But when she's finally recovered, she says, she's walking away from the pole for good.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Planned Parenthood Raises Cash From South Floridians Enraged at Komen UPDATED

    ​​The Susan G. Komen Foundation's decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood has set off a firestorm of debate across the country. Some Komen chapters have rebelled and several top Komen executives have already resigned in protest. So it's no surprise that in Miami -- where we don't even have ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    Obama's war on weed

    In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.

  • News

    October 6, 2011

    Rick Perry: Awful politician, genius campaigner

    In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2011

    Miami’s Favorite Killer

    In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    The Duodenal Switch Twice as Dangerous as the Gastric Bypass?

    ​As some of you know, I've been looking into different weight loss techniques as of late. I'm currently on the Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery program by Rena Greenberg, which I'll be posting a halfway point update on next week.As some of you may also know - I believe in natural methods for losing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Weight Loss Surgery Comments Cause Commotion

    ​In response to all the WLS advocates (except for those who threatened my well-being):I was on the BariatricTV radio show on Blog Talk Radio Monday night as an invited guest to discuss my last Fuming Foodie column airing my views on weight loss surgery. We were able to have an honest, open, and ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    In Cuba, Gay Man and Transsexual Set To Wed On Fidel Castro's Birthday

    photo by Jonathunder via Wikimedia CommonsA transsexual who underwent Cuba's first state-sanctioned sex change operation and a gay man with AIDS are set to wed in Havana in three weeks, with Cuba's most infamous blogger serving as maid of honor. The ceremony is scheduled for Aug. 13, which also just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Cancer Stricken Hugo Chavez Intends to Run for Reelection in 2012

    ​News of Hugo Chavez's mysterious cancer diagnosis has Miami's el Exilio buzzing over the possibility that the Venezuelan president, and one of Fidel Castro's biggest allies, will not be in office for much longer. In an interview today with the BCC however, Chavez admitted that he may need fur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Where in the Hell is Hugo Chavez?

    Help us find Hugo.​Where in the hell is Hugo Chavez?The normally voluble Venezuelan president has been missing for nearly a month. The official explanation is that he's recovering from surgery to remove a pelvic abscess in Cuba, but rumors abound.Is he pissing into the Mississippi to make it flood ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Surgeon Caught Stealing Equipment from Jackson Memorial Hospital

    ​The Jackson Health System has enough money problems at the moment. The last thing it needs is its own surgeons stealing medical equipment from the financially strapped public hospital system. Yet, Nir Hus, a surgeon and post graduate fellow at Jackson Memorial, has been arrested on charges of rep ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    Deaths at Strax raise questions about the safety of cheap nips and tucks

    ​The Jackson Health System has enough money problems at the moment. The last thing it needs is its own surgeons stealing medical equipment from the financially strapped public hospital system. Yet, Nir Hus, a surgeon and post graduate fellow at Jackson Memorial, has been arrested on charges of rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Elton John and Rick Scott Spar Over AIDS Drug Assistance Program

    Elton John in an ad for a MAC lipstick that benefits AIDS charities. ​Singer Elton John is just the latest in a long line of critics who have a bone to pick with Florida governor Rick Scott. Through his Elton John AIDS Foundation, the singer wrote a letter to Scott urging the governor not to make ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Commissioner Jose "Pepe" Diaz Recovering from Emergency Brain Surgery

    While the rest of the Miami-Dade County Commission is waiting on the results of today's mayoral and commission seat special elections, Commissioner Jose "Pepe" Diaz is dealing with far more serious things. Diaz, who has served on the commissioner since 2002, underwent emergency brain surgery yesterd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Some Republican Women Resent Latest Anti-Abortion Ultrasound Bill

    ​Despite the fact the Republican-controlled Florida legislature has had to deal with a myriad of issues, including the economy, immigration, education and a crackdown on Florida's deadly prescription pain pill problem, the legislators still found time to carve out a new round of anti-abortion meas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Drugged Conscience Delivers a Double Dose of Brutality at Churchill's Pub This Week

    ​This week, Churchill's Pub hosts a pair of Drugged Conscience-sponsored concerts seething with heterogenous brutality. While the label and booking agency fits under the comfortably broad punk/hardcore banner, its showcases exemplify the manifoldness inherent in the operation's extreme music deali ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2011

    50 Cent!

    ​This week, Churchill's Pub hosts a pair of Drugged Conscience-sponsored concerts seething with heterogenous brutality. While the label and booking agency fits under the comfortably broad punk/hardcore banner, its showcases exemplify the manifoldness inherent in the operation's extreme music deali ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Operation Pill Nation Nets Midtown Pain Management

    ​In an effort dubbed "Operation Pill Nation," federal and local authorities executed the largest crack down on pill mills in South Florida to date. South Florida has become a hotbed of shady pain clinics dolling out prescriptions for powerful and addictive pain killers, and while most of these cli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Florida Avoids HIV Medication Crisis: Welvista Agrees to Provide Free Drugs Until April 1

    ​Roughly a week before Florida was set to exhaust all funding for its life-saving AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), non-profit pharmacy Welvista has agreed to help the cash-strapped state by providing poor Floridians with free anti-retroviral medications.As we wrote last week, the funding snafu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Rick Scott to Abolish Office of Drug Control as Pill Mill Fight Faces Uphill Battle

    ​Cracking down on pill mills was supposed to be one of the state government's biggest triumphs of the year. New legislation taking aim at regulating "pain management" clinics that wantonly prescribe addictive pain medications went into effect in October, but the government has blown several deadli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Robotic Surgeon Creeps Us Out

    McGillMan undergoing surgical procedure without a live doctor in the room​A recent "breakthrough" in modern technology and contemporary medicine may be a sign that machines will eventually overtake humans and control the world.A robot at Canada's McGill University Health Centre recently performed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Miami Hospital To Be Sued Over Circumcising Baby Against Mom's Wishes

    ​Let's be honest. Even more than choosing a name, after the birth of a baby boy deciding whether to get the kid circumcised is usually the biggest decision parents have to make. Hey, that baby can go by a nickname or change it legally when he grows up, but once that foreskin is gone there's no get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Former Cuban Political Prisoner Ariel Sigler Improving, Expects to Walk Again

    ​Cuban dissident Ariel Sigler Amaya is recovering slowly but successfully from his seven-and-a-half-year stint in a Castro prison.Sigler, 46, began physical therapy last week at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He remains rail-thin and wheelchair-bound but is already visibly healthier than when he first ... More >>

  • News

    June 10, 2010

    Donna Milo: Sex-changed and bound for Congress

    ​Cuban dissident Ariel Sigler Amaya is recovering slowly but successfully from his seven-and-a-half-year stint in a Castro prison.Sigler, 46, began physical therapy last week at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He remains rail-thin and wheelchair-bound but is already visibly healthier than when he first ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    A Man Who Became a Woman Who Can't Marry a Man is Running for Congress

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke tries to understand how a transsexual running for Congress can be against gay marriage.​A few weeks ago, I came across som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Abortion Bill Requiring Ultrasounds Passes Florida House

    a first trimester ultrasound image​After Democrats shut down the body yesterday and hours of heated debate (during which young children were advised to leave the chamber) the Florida House has approved controversial language in a health care bill concerning abortion. During the debate, one member ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    A Canadian Politician Gets Heart Surgery in Miami: Does This Mean Socialized Medicine Sucks?

    ​Earlier this month, Danny Williams, the head of government in Canada's Newfoundland province, traveled to Miami Beach to receive heart surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center.Cue the predictable right-wing response taking digs at Canada's publicly funded, liberal-loved health-care system: "We keep ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    Cardiac Comic

    ​Earlier this month, Danny Williams, the head of government in Canada's Newfoundland province, traveled to Miami Beach to receive heart surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center.Cue the predictable right-wing response taking digs at Canada's publicly funded, liberal-loved health-care system: "We keep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Cuba Allows Sex Change Operations On Country's Dime

    via Sophia Lamar Will Kill YouCuban-American Transexual Sophia LamarMariela Castro, Raul's daughter and head of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education, announced yesterday that Cuba will reverse a ban on sex change operations on the communist island.Castro has identified 19 individuals ready t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Robin Williams' Surgery a Success, South Florida Shows Should Be Rescheduled

    Fans of manic stand-up chock full of random associations and funny voices can breathe a sigh of relief. After being admitted to a Miami hospital earlier this month in the midst of his "Weapons of Self-Destruction" tour, Robin Williams was transferred to Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where he underwent s ... More >>

  • Music

    July 17, 2008

    DJ AM

    Fans of manic stand-up chock full of random associations and funny voices can breathe a sigh of relief. After being admitted to a Miami hospital earlier this month in the midst of his "Weapons of Self-Destruction" tour, Robin Williams was transferred to Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where he underwent s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2008

    Burger King Pitches Penny To Tomato Pickers

    Fans of manic stand-up chock full of random associations and funny voices can breathe a sigh of relief. After being admitted to a Miami hospital earlier this month in the midst of his "Weapons of Self-Destruction" tour, Robin Williams was transferred to Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where he underwent s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2007

    DeFede Was Hours From Death

    Fans of manic stand-up chock full of random associations and funny voices can breathe a sigh of relief. After being admitted to a Miami hospital earlier this month in the midst of his "Weapons of Self-Destruction" tour, Robin Williams was transferred to Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where he underwent s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2006

    Hope Lodge to Close Its Doors

    Fans of manic stand-up chock full of random associations and funny voices can breathe a sigh of relief. After being admitted to a Miami hospital earlier this month in the midst of his "Weapons of Self-Destruction" tour, Robin Williams was transferred to Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where he underwent s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2005

    Let's Get Physical

    Fans of manic stand-up chock full of random associations and funny voices can breathe a sigh of relief. After being admitted to a Miami hospital earlier this month in the midst of his "Weapons of Self-Destruction" tour, Robin Williams was transferred to Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where he underwent s ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    Blunt Trauma

    Pan American Hospital, an icon in Cuban Miami, is fighting for life as it battles its own employees

  • Shops and Wares

    May 13, 2004

    BEST PHARMACY

    Midtown

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of April 1, 2004

    Foul-mouthed writers, fully trained midwives, and bunched-up panties

  • News

    March 18, 2004

    Cuts You Up

    As the number of cesarean section deliveries in South Florida soars, some women use midwives to learn to trust their bodies and give birth naturally

  • Dining

    March 8, 2001

    Too Close for Comfort?

    Cattle-ist for reform

  • Diversions

    May 11, 2000

    Best Miami Fusion Player

    Eric Wynalda

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Letters

    Eric Wynalda

  • News

    January 30, 1997

    A Prisoner of Circumstance

    Rachel Better never worried about her stateless status until the INS locked her up. Then it was too late.

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    News of the Weird

    Rachel Better never worried about her stateless status until the INS locked her up. Then it was too late.

  • News

    August 10, 1995

    Skin Deep

    Don't like your face? Your breasts? Your tummy? Get yourself new ones. Plastic surgeon Ernest DiGeronimo makes the kindest cuts.

  • News

    August 10, 1995

    Scar Tissue

    Critics question Ernest DiGeronimo's credentials and advertising practices

  • News

    June 10, 1992

    All the Ooze That's Fit to Print

    The venerated Weekly World News burns Miami's press with a local model's plastic-surgery meltdown

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