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 ...

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 ...

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces heterosexual HIV acquisition; therefore, the WHO has issued recommendations to implement VMMC throughout East and Southern Africa Most adult VMMCs ...

Paediatric or adult male circumcision is a common procedure worldwide, performed to address conditions such as phimosis, or to reduce the risks of penile cancer and transmission of HIV. A surgical ...

A group seeking to ban the circumcision of male children in San Francisco has succeeded in getting their controversial measure on November's ballot, meaning voters will be asked to weigh in on what ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch doctors want politicians and human rights groups to speak out and discourage the practice of male circumcision in the Netherlands because they say it is a "painful and ...