Routine circumcision: the opposing view

The Sexual Impact of Circumcision A publication of Doctors Opposing Circumcision

The prepuce is an integral part of the penile skin system and has been characterized by anatomical researchers as “primary erogenous tissue necessary for normal sexual function.”[1] Amputation of the prepuce (foreskin) by circumcision alters the anatomy of the penis from its natural design in a number of fundamental ways. Form and function go hand in hand in anatomy. Thus the alterations that c...

A Trade-off Analysis of Routine Newborn Circumcision.

BACKGROUND The risks associated with newborn circumcision have not been as extensively evaluated as the benefits. OBJECTIVES The goals of this study were threefold: 1) to derive a population-based complication rate for newborn circumcision; 2) to calculate the number needed to harm for newborn circumcision based on this rate; and 3) to establish trade-offs based on our complication rates and ...

A Trade-off Analysis of Routine Newborn Circumcision

Background. The risks associated with newborn circumcision have not been as extensively evaluated as the benefits. Objectives. The goals of this study were threefold: 1) to derive a population-based complication rate for newborn circumcision; 2) to calculate the number needed to harm for newborn circumcision based on this rate; and 3) to establish trade-offs based on our complication rates and ...

Cut circumcision from list of routine services, Saskatchewan MDs advised.

Routine HIV testing: a view from Botswana.

ollowing an announcement in October 2003 by President Festus Mogae, routine testing for HIV (RHT) was introduced in Botswana in January 2004. It was assumed that RHT would reduce the stigma associated with the "exclusivity" of HIV testing, enable earlier testing, allow more timely access to treatment, and ultimately reduce the rate of infection.1-3 Botswana's first year of RHT has shown an incr...