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 ...

May 26, 2011 (Washington, DC) — A simple disposable device, known as PrePex, can be used to effectively circumcise male adults without anesthesia or a sterile environment and with no blood loss, and ...

Circumcision, or the surgical removal of the skin covering the tip of the penis, can be a matter of family tradition, parental preference or religion—but what are the sexual, health and social aspects ...

(JTA) — The World Health Organization approved an Israeli-developed non-surgical circumcision device that could soon be used throughout Africa to help control AIDS. PrePex, a disposable and ...

A man has opened up about the emotional toll he says circumcision has had on his love life. In the UK, an estimated nine to 16 percent of men are circumcised, while about one-third of males worldwide ...

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.

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 ...

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces heterosexual HIV acquisition; therefore, the WHO has issued recommendations to implement VMMC throughout East and Southern Africa Most adult VMMCs ...

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 ...

Many men who were circumcised as infants or as adults are unaware that revision procedures exist to address an unsatisfactory ...