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Why circumcision is a biomedical imperative for the 21st century

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:08:25 GMT

Circumcision of males represents a surgical ‘‘vaccine‘‘ against a wide variety of infections, adverse medical conditions and potentially fatal diseases over their lifetime, and also protects their sexual partners. In experienced hands, this common, inexpensive procedure is very safe, can be pain-free and can be performed at any age. The benefits vastly outweigh risks. The enormous public health benefits include protection from urinary tract infections, sexually transmitted HIV, HPV, syphilis and chancroid, penile and prostate cancer, phimosis, thrush, and inflammatory dermatoses.

Circumcision: A guide for parents

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:07:18 GMT

Circumcision is a simple surgical procedure that removes the foreskin – a sleeve of skin covering
the tip of the penis. Parents have the legal right to authorize circumcision. In order to make an informed decision, they must carefully consider the benefi ts and risks.

Should newborns be circumcised?

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:06:04 GMT

Compelling published medical evidence, particularly over the past 20 years, has shown that circumcision offers protection against multiple medical conditions.1 The most important role of primary care physicians, particularly when caring for children, is preventive health care, as exemplified by childhood immunizations.

Circumcision as a lifetime vaccination with many benefits

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:04:53 GMT

Think of newborn circumcision as a vaccination, a preventive health procedure which has lifetime benefits against not one, but many, medical disorders [1]. The most significant protective effect of circumcision is against HIV/AIDS, a modern day plague that has killed over 20 million people in the past 20 years, and is now being carried by over 40 million men, women and children worldwide.

The Case For Circumcision

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:48:59 GMT

It is currently fashionable to counsel parents against routine neonatal circumcision as an unnecessary operation.

There has been a strong, vocal, and emotive anti-circumcision movement which promulgated highly emotive reports using terminology such as "penile plunder" and "rape of the phallus", 2,3 Morgan's article "Rape or the Phallus", which is credited with starting the anti-circumcision crusade, contains nothing of substance.