Health officials have approved a first-of-its-kind, non-surgical circumcision device hailed as a potential game-changer in the battle to forestall the spread of AIDS in Africa. The PrePex is the only ...

Agnes Binagwahois the Minister of Health of the Republic of Rwanda and recipient of an honorary PhD in sciences from Dartmouth University for her lifetime achievement in treating and preventing AIDS.

An increasing number of voices are questioning circumcision, from medical authorities who doubt it is necessary to men who ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), circumcision can reduce men's risk of contracting HIV by up to 60%, and two non-surgical circumcision devices are undergoing trials to get the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently approved the PrePex™ device for male circumcision. The PrePex™ is the first non-surgical instrument to receive prequalification status from the WHO, ...

A 4-year-old boy caught in the middle of a circumcision battle is having that controversial procedure done today. A doctor at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood agreed to perform the ...

A three-year-old boy in India had his penis completely amputated during a ritual circumcision performed by a local barber, and surgeons managed to save it using a relatively simple grafting technique ...

J.H. Kellogg, cereal mogul, believed circumcision was a sure-fire cure for masturbation—particularly if the surgery was performed without chloroform so the boy could feel it. In the 1870s, his and ...