Circumcision The Parenting Weblog

To circumcise or not? A lot of you may take it for granted since everyone else around you have their sons circumcised. However, if you live in a country (like Germany) where people look in horror at the mere thought of this minor operation, you would have to think twice. See, we will be living here longer than planned. So that means my son may have to go to school here. [...] Read More


Male Circumcision Significantly Lowers Risk of HIV Infection Straightfromthedoc

Even if circumcision is practiced because of health, cultural or religious reasons, still it is considered as the unkindest cut and an assault to the male sex. These days (and in the future) the protective effect of circumcision against HIV (found in research studies) will become the best reason that will change parental expectations and medical practice across the world. Removing the foreskin is thought to harden the glans (head) of the [...] Read More


male circumcision may protect women from HIV Straightfromthedoc

Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine suggests that male circumcision could protect women from HIV based on a large-scale study conducted in Uganda. They studied 300 Ugandan couples in which the man had HIV but the woman did not, and found women's risk of infection was 30 per cent lower if her partner was circumcised. The team presented its findings on February 8 at the 2006 Conference on Retroviruses and [...] Read More