While most male circumcisions performed in the Eastern Cape are done in the traditional manner, a significant number of medical circumcisions are performed. Siyabonga Kamnqa reports on this year’s ...

U.S. circumcision rates are still much, much higher than those in many other developed countries. Few medical topics generate as much debate — often quite heated — as newborn male circumcision.

Today, about 75 percent of males aged 15 and older in the U.S. are circumcised for non-religious reasons, according to the World Health Organization. Late last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

In July 2011 a mother took her 2-year-old son to a pediatric clinic in Munich. Up to that point he had been the picture of health. There was absolutely nothing wrong with him. His parents simply ...

Voluntary medical male circumcision is one of the most important ways to reduce new HIV infections. The foreskin contains receptors that the HIV virus can attach to, and removing it reduces HIV ...

An investigation into three mohelim in Antwerp has prompted a diplomatic row between Brussels and Washington. What are the ...

Expanding access to voluntary medical male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa may help protect women against not only HIV but other sexually transmitted infections, a literature review published ...

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Arriving at a clinic in Johannesburg in April, Thabo Khoza* (23) was greeted by Nurse Lettie Tshabalala*. He informed her that he had heard about the benefits of voluntary medical male circumcision on ...

So much stress over a few inches of skin. Arlene and Victor Bordinhao's son, Sebastian, was circumcised just over a month ago, and the experience was as traumatic for Mom and Dad as it must have been ...