The U.S. is in the midst of a five-year, $15 billion commitment to fight AIDS in developing countries. Despite that support, and billions of dollars from other sources, the AIDS pandemic continues to ...

Male circumcision has emerged as a cornerstone of combination HIV prevention, reducing the risk of heterosexual male acquisition by approximately 60 percent. Its protective effect is attributed to the ...

The KZN Health Department is encouraging men to get circumcised by highlighting its health benefits. iStock/ @Gratsias Adhi ...

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 ...

Background One-third of the world's men are circumcised, but little is known about possible sexual consequences of male circumcision. In Denmark (~5% circumcised), we examined associations of male ...

(Reuters) - The benefits of male circumcision outweigh the risks, according a long awaited draft of federal guidelines from U.S. health officials released on Tuesday, which indicate that scientific ...

Circumcision, the surgical removal of the foreskin tissue that covers the head (glans) of the penis, elicits strong emotions. Whenever I’ve discussed the robust literature showing that it causes men ...

Scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of male circumcision—surgical removal of the foreskin from the penis—dates back hundreds of years to observations made by physicians of their ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Circumcising men cuts their risk of being infected with the AIDS virus in half, and could prevent hundreds of thousands or even millions of new infections, researchers said on ...

Circumcision is erotically controversial. Opponents argue that the foreskin—the flap of skin covering the head of the penis that is removed during the procedure—is rich in touch-sensitive nerves, and ...