In some cultures or religions, male circumcision is a widespread practice. It can also be necessary for medical reasons. But can we generally say that circumcision is healthy for men? There is ...

Denmark’s government has commissioned an investigation into whether non-medical circumcision procedures violate its health code. Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt on Saturday told the ...

Resisting calls to ban the non-medical circumcision of boys, the governments of Norway and Denmark have taken steps to preserve the practice’s legal status. Norway’s health ministry has submitted a ...

An investigation into three mohelim in Antwerp has prompted a diplomatic row between Brussels and Washington. What are the ...

U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports having the procedure done despite opposition from advocates who ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Circumcision has been found to lower men's risk of contracting HIV through heterosexual sex, and now new findings suggest that it also cuts the risk of infection with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a Cabinet meeting on October 9th, Kennedy—who is neither a medical doctor nor an autism researcher—reignited a controversial, ...

Male circumcision, the total or partial removal of the foreskin, has been practiced since time immemorial among many communities. Today, statistics show that for every one circumcised male, five ...

NAIROBI, KENYA: The debate that has been raging in Kenya about male circumcision and the spread of HIV which led to a campaign for voluntary male circumcision could be dimmed if results of the latest ...

Circumcision rates have declined significantly in the U.S. The decline occurred mainly in white babies Parents’ distrust of medical advice, an increasing Hispanic population, and changes in Medicaid ...