Just days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued draft recommendations on male circumcision asserting that the health benefits outweigh the risks, more than 300 comments (and ...

CHICAGO – The nation's most influential pediatricians group says the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks and insurance companies should pay for it. In its latest policy ...

1. Last month, 28 youths died of wounds sustained at initiation schools in Mpumalanga. The ritual period can be as long as three months, isolated in a remote area, usually in winter. 2. The origins of ...

Back: Simon Ngobeni, Tielelo Hlahla, Puseletso Manyaka, Baleseng Sentsho, Floyd Mtshweni; front: Griffith Ralethe, Gontse Mabena, and Nathaniel Mashabela. Right to Care is a NPO that advocates for ...

The genital mutilation of adolescent girls is still a common custom in Sierra Leone, where many see it as good preparation for marriage and motherhood. Yasmin had her turn when she was 14. After she ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. March 25, 2009 — Male circumcision significantly reduced the incidence of HIV and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection and the prevalence ...

Circumcision in boys leads to higher chance of developing attention spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism by age 10, according to a new controversial study in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

A Forward analysis of government data shows that 87% of the baby boys born in West Virginia were circumcised in 2009. Two thousand miles west, in Nevada, the procedure was performed on only 12% of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have documented yet another health benefit for circumcision, which can protect men against the AIDS virus, saying it can protect their wives and girlfriends from a ...