Beyond physician preference and cosmetic outcome, pain is a discriminating variable when evaluating circumcision instruments. Three studies have evaluated circumcision associated pain with the use of ...

Male circumcision is considered the oldest, most frequently performed surgery in the world, yet it remains controversial. According to Dr. Greg Marchand, an ob-gyn at the Marchand Institute for ...

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 advocacy group wants to know why a South African province health department is continuing to use a male circumcision clamp not approved by the World Health Organization (WHO). A report in The New ...

THE Democratic Alliance has called for a full investigation into the tender process used in awarding a company, alleged to have strong ANC ties, a R4.3 million contract to supply KwaZulu-Natal’s ...

Circumcision is the surgical removal of foreskin. Foreskin covers the head of a flaccid penis. When the penis is erect, the foreskin pulls back to reveal the penis. During a circumcision, a doctor ...

Although great strides in the recognition and treatment of circumcision pain have been made, no single study to date has evaluated an approach to circumcision that integrates the multiple modalities ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Circumcisions are sometimes performed as part of religious rituals using specific faith traditions. However, many parents have a ...