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 ...

A judge ruled that the circumcision measure "expressly preempted" state law. July 28, 2011— -- It looks as if the City by the Bay won't vote on a circumcision ban after all. San Francisco ...

CHICAGO – Circumcision seems to be the way to go. The health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks and insurance companies should pay for it, the nation's most influential ...

How much does circumcision alter what a man ultimately feels? Scientific studies aiming to answer this question have been inconclusive. Now researchers prodding dozens of male penises with a ...

San Francisco voters could approve the first U.S. ban on male circumcision this fall. The measure would make circumcising a male minor a misdemeanor. If the referendum is enacted, anybody caught ...

Circumcision changes the bacteria ecosystem of the penis, perhaps explaining why the foreskin-snipping procedure reduces the risk of HIV infection, a new study finds. A year after men received ...

Associate Professor of Sociology Oyman Basaran is fascinated by the concepts of masculinity and gender in his native Turkey. In earlier research, he explored this theme in the context of the ...

For the past 10 years voluntary medical male circumcision has been recommended as a way of reducing female-to-male transmission of HIV. Estimates show that it could reduce infections by 60%. Several ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Circumcision is one of Judaism's most important laws and for generations of faithful it has symbolized a biblical covenant with God. But in Israel, more and more Jewish parents ...

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 ...

Nearly a quarter of newborn boys are not being circumcised, according to a new report. It's a trend that the researchers say could lead to medical complications for half of those boys over their ...

The German parliament voted Wednesday to keep male circumcision legal, ending an international controversy that started when a Cologne court ruled the practice constitutes “bodily harm.” The new law, ...