Male circumcision can sometimes be necessary to treat certain medical conditions, such as paraphimosis. However, when it is performed for religious or cultural reasons, it is then known as ritual ...
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 ...
As mentioned, our findings need re-examination in settings where neonatal circumcision is more prevalent. Of note, however, they were not the result of unadjusted cultural or religious factors ...
It is time that circumcision, which is part of culture, is seriously reviewed. It is interesting that in almost all parts of the world, culture is viewed as a major driving force behind human ...
Although the act does include exceptions for medical emergencies, it does not distinguish various forms of religious and cultural circumcision from genital mutilation. The number of religions that ...
Male circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin from the penis. It is primarily carried out for religious or cultural reasons and it provokes many arguments for and against the practice.
It is one of the most anticipated cultural events in the region. But now, Tiriki and Terik elders have reached an unprecedented decision: there will be no circumcision this year. With the dark ...
In competent hands the risks of circumcision are almost unheard of. Problem is that circumcision is considered to be a basic entry-level technique. When I was in medical school, I went to the ...
Johnson says the synagogue told her she was welcome to enroll her sons, but that without circumcision they would not be allowed to celebrate their bar mitzvah. Johnson didn’t feel included ...
In her new parenting book, “The Kind Mama,” Silverstone announces that she did not circumcise her son, Bear Blu, according to the anti-circumcision website Beyond the Bris. Her decision ...