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Women's Health

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2009

    Hear Them Roar

    Luanne Buckstein and Pamela Clifton fill a gap in women's theater

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2006

    Take a Chill Pill

    Luanne Buckstein and Pamela Clifton fill a gap in women's theater

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Missed Diagnosis

    When a doctor makes a rare but horrible mistake, who should bear the scars?

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2004

    Women on the Verge

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    August 19, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    August 26, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    September 2, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    September 9, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    November 25, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    December 2, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    December 9, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    December 16, 2004

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Culture

    January 13, 2005

    Encore

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Dining

    February 4, 1999

    Cattle Call

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    An Unhealthy Situation

    Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2007

    Breast Friends

    LUPEC's Breakfast for Boobs raises cash to fight cancer.

  • News

    May 10, 2007

    Baby's Day Out

    Childbirth goes solo.

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2005

    Twisted Plot Twists

    Stories on Stage returns with more forgotten lore.

  • Culture

    December 30, 2004

    Encore

    Stories on Stage returns with more forgotten lore.

  • Culture

    December 23, 2004

    Encore

    Stories on Stage returns with more forgotten lore.

  • Culture

    August 12, 2004

    No Hot Flash in the Pan

    Menopause The Musical provides some fluffy comedy about female changes.

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    The Doctor Is Out

    Trinidad's transgendered sex-change surgeon knows what her patients are going through.

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2004

    Down to Earth Music

    Mars Hill Cafe gives sanctuary to diversity

  • Calendar

    February 21, 2002

    Womb Service

    The Vagina Monologues are back, for a benefit at the Boulder Theater.

  • Culture

    November 22, 2001

    Double Your Pleasure

    A clever female duo examines the humorous side of aging.

  • Music

    December 7, 2000

    Lady Sang the Blues

    Monica Janzen had a great voice, a solid band and a new record. She also had breast cancer.

  • News

    March 11, 1999

    Head Case

    A lawsuit is driving DU's Graduate School of Professional Psychology crazy -- or was it already?

  • News

    December 6, 1995

    THE BODY POLITIC

    A lawsuit is driving DU's Graduate School of Professional Psychology crazy -- or was it already?

  • News

    November 29, 1995

    THIS ONE'S OFF THE CHARTS

    TINA KNOX'S DEATH WAS SAD, AND SO WAS HER TREATMENT.

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Terra Infirma

    Can bone-marrow transplants save breast-cancer patients? There's little middle ground in the debateand lots of uncharted territory.

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Village Tavern toasts Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Hope-tini

    ​ During October, Village Tavern ,at 1 West Flatiron Crossing Drive in Broomfield, is marking the 25th anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Month by serving up special Hope-tini cocktails to raise money for breast cancer research. "People are definitely interested," says John Davis, Villag ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2010

    Breasts of the West

    ​ During October, Village Tavern ,at 1 West Flatiron Crossing Drive in Broomfield, is marking the 25th anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Month by serving up special Hope-tini cocktails to raise money for breast cancer research. "People are definitely interested," says John Davis, Villag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Breakfast for Boobs benefit this Sunday at Hot Cakes

    ​Breakfast! It's what's for dinner! That's the siren song of this year's Breakfast for Boobs, a benefit to battle breast cancer. The fundraiser, which takes place on Sunday, April 18 from to 5 to 8 p.m. at Hot Cakes Diner, 1400 E. 18th Ave., is hosted by the Denver chapter of Ladies United for ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    The Unkindest Cut

    ​Breakfast! It's what's for dinner! That's the siren song of this year's Breakfast for Boobs, a benefit to battle breast cancer. The fundraiser, which takes place on Sunday, April 18 from to 5 to 8 p.m. at Hot Cakes Diner, 1400 E. 18th Ave., is hosted by the Denver chapter of Ladies United for ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2010

    Think Pink

    ​Breakfast! It's what's for dinner! That's the siren song of this year's Breakfast for Boobs, a benefit to battle breast cancer. The fundraiser, which takes place on Sunday, April 18 from to 5 to 8 p.m. at Hot Cakes Diner, 1400 E. 18th Ave., is hosted by the Denver chapter of Ladies United for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Tonight: Cook for the Cause fights against breast cancer

    ​Since this is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October is overflowing with events to support breast-cancer causes. The most delicious event, though, will definitely be Cook for the Case, tonight at Kimball Distributing, 1400 West Third Avenue, and billed as "a delicious way to help fight the ba ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2011

    Indra Lusero's pitch to help Colorado midwives is catching heat in the legislature

    ​Since this is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October is overflowing with events to support breast-cancer causes. The most delicious event, though, will definitely be Cook for the Case, tonight at Kimball Distributing, 1400 West Third Avenue, and billed as "a delicious way to help fight the ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Indra Lusero's quest to fight for Colorado midwives started with her own pregnancy

    Indra Lusero.​Soon after Indra Lusero gave birth in the bedroom of her Highlands bungalow in 2003, she made a decision: She wasn't going to be the typical midwifery client who had her baby and then never thought about midwives again. No, she was going to become an advocate for the centuries-ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Midwives: Mom Jen Johnson's home-birth story

    ​ This week's cover story, "Special Delivery," tells the story of Indra Lusero, a home-birth-mom-turned-lawyer who has thrust herself into a legislative battle between midwives and doctors. After giving birth at home with a midwife eight years ago, Lusero became an advocate for the age-old pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Midwifery: Bill to renew, revise CO midwifery law to be heard today by Senate committee

    ​ Our recent cover story, "Special Delivery," tells the tale of 36-year-old Indra Lusero, a Denver home-birth-mom-turned-lawyer who's advocating for what she sees as common-sense changes to Colorado's midwifery law. Today at 1:30 p.m., the bill to make those changes will be heard by the Senate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Six Coloradans fighting breast cancer with skis

    The official ride of breast cancer awareness.​Goofy-looking Texans on spring break at Colorado ski resorts will have a tough time standing out next week. While a jeans and cowboy hat getup will draw some finger-pointing, it's got nothing on a band of pink cape-wearing, fake boob-carrying phila ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Ski Colorado Breast Cancer Awareness Tour raises over $20,000

    Fighting breast cancer in style.​On March 13, Colorado natives Mackenzie Bell, Page Kelley, Jeremy Rubingh, Allie Shafner, Alison Friedman and Laura Yale loaded a pink RV with their gear, a set of fake boobs and breast cancer information and headed for Steamboat with the goal of skiing every C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Midwifery: Bill to revise midwifery law moves forward -- without provision allowing suturing

    ​ Update below: As detailed in our feature, "Special Delivery," a group of midwives, moms and home-birth advocates are pushing to expand the scope of what Colorado midwives can do. Among the proposed changes: allowing midwives to administer certain drugs and IVs, and making it legal for midwiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Midwifery: Bill to expand midwives' scope of practice passes House committee unanimously

    ​ A bill to expand midwives' scope of practice in Colorado that's seen its fair share of compromises may have had its easiest day in the spotlight yesterday. After several hours of testimony and questions about infant death rates and medical liability insurance, the House Judiciary Committee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Gay immigrants aren't alone in fighting the "social visibility" criterion in pleas for asylum

    ​ What does a gay man look like? Or a whistleblower? Or a woman who, were she to return to her home country, would be targeted for female genital mutilation? Those are the questions raised by "social visibility," a criterion adopted by the Virginia-based Board of Immigration Appeals that some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Midwifery: Bill to expand midwives' scope of practices passes legislature, but without suturing

    ​ A bill to expand midwives' scope of practice will likely become law, having passed both the House and Senate this week. While the bill allows midwives to administer certain drugs and IVs, it isn't everything that advocates, including Westword profile subject Indra Lusero, had hoped for. A pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Post-mastectomy boutique: Pampered Passions lingerie shop to open at Porter Hospital

    Alicia Vargo.​ Next month, Alicia Vargo, the proprietress of Pampered Passions Fine Lingerie in Englewood, will open a new outpost of her much-lauded house of bras and panties with an unlikely address and a noble cause. The boutique, to be called Pampered Passions Care Ware, will cater to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Buds for Boobies: Breast cancer event backs more study of marijuana's medicinal qualities

    ​Buds for Boobies, taking place at 7 p.m. tonight at the Boulder Theater, is among the season's most unusual fundraisers -- a medical-marijuana-themed decorative bra auction, with proceeds earmarked for breast-cancer research. But it's also a music-filled educational symposium arguing that MMJ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Doug Stanhope on the evolution of jokes and why Breast Cancer Awareness is a scam

    ​For every parent out there worried about pedophilia, Doug Stanhope offers a reassurance: In all likelihood, nobody wants to fuck your kid. That bit is up there on the list of incredibly offensive Stanhope material, but it's by no means all there is; over the course of his twenty-year career, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Komen Denver affiliate rejects ban on Planned Parenthood grants

    Race for the Cure.​For many years, the regional Planned Parenthood headquarters was Westword's neighbor, and we had a front-row seat for the picketers who harassed employees of an organization that does so much more than providing abortion services.

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