In March 2007, international experts endorsed voluntary medical male circumcision as a partial but effective way to reduce the risk of HIV infection in men. According to the World Health Organisation, ...

Circumcision can make cleaning the penis easier and reduce certain infection risks. An uncircumcised penis can be kept clean with proper washing habits. Circumcision is a personal choice often ...

Indulge me please, as this is my first diary. I don't want to look like I'm busting on men in general, but I do think that it would be helpful to examine a piece of legislation like the Blunt ...

Male circumcision is the surgical removal of some or all of the foreskin (or prepuce) from the penis. The origins of circumcision are unknown, and probably predate written history, but the practice is ...

The strange case of a Florida mom who took her 4-year-old into hiding to avoid circumcision has rekindled interest in the controversy around the practice. Circumcision proponents point to studies by ...

In a radical departure from earlier strategies, public health officials are now arguing that circumcision of men should be a key weapon in the fight against infection with the human immunodeficiency ...

Male baby circumcision is a procedure that removes the foreskin from the penis. It is a common surgery that some parents and caregivers choose for their baby after birth, often for religious or ...

Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin covering the tip (glans) of the penis. In most cases, doctors perform this procedure shortly after a child’s birth. People have circumcisions for ...

“THERE are already queues of men demanding circumcision,” says Mark Stirling, regional director of UNAIDS for Eastern and Southern Africa. His team has been investigating how to help African ...

Foreskin is in — and circumcision has been in decline for some 30 years, a new study from an arm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds. Americans today aren't as anti-foreskin as ...

Without social pressure, most people give little thought to male circumcision. This simple surgical procedure removes the foreskin, a hood of skin covering the head of the resting (flaccid) penis. But ...