Ugandan Medical Male Circumcision Program Launched to Prevent HIV Transmission

KAYUNGA, Uganda, July 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Uganda was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to register a drop in adult national prevalence in HIV. The epidemic, however, remains serious as approximately one million Ugandans are HIV positive. Experts in the field have begun promoting a ...

The Time To Rethink Male Circumcision Is Now, Group Says In Launching www.intactamerica.org

REMOVAL OF HEALTHY FUNCTIONING TISSUE VIOLATES MEDICAL ETHICS, HUMAN RIGHTS OF BABY BOYS WHO CANNOT GIVE INFORMED CONSENT NEW YORK, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Parents, pediatricians and health and human rights activists today announced the launch of INTACT AMERICA and its website -- ...

Clinical Innovations Introduces New Circumcision Device

SALT LAKE CITY, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinical Innovations has launched its new disposable circumcision device, the AccuCirc, to help clinicians provide precise, consistent and reliable circumcision outcomes. Touted as the only significant innovation in circumcision of the past 50 years, the Acc...

Unprecedented Scale-Up of Voluntary Male Circumcision Begins in Swaziland and Zambia

The Male Circumcision Partnership expands access to proven HIV prevention intervention WASHINGTON, June 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a significant move from research on male circumcision to full-scale implementation, the Male Circumcision Partnership is launching a massive scale-up of ...

Clearinghouse on Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention Web Site Launched

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Clearinghouse on Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention -- www.malecircumcison.org -- was launched today. The Web site is designed to generate and share authoritative information about the role of male circumcision in HIV prevent...

Male circumcision may decrease risk of HPV infection and cervical cancer

Two new studies suggest that male circumcision may assist in the prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, particularly infection with the high-risk subtypes associated with cervical, penile, and other cancers. Both studies are published in the January 1 issue of The Journal of Infecti...

US$18.5 million grant makes male circumcision a top-tier HIV prevention strategy

NAIROBI, Kenya--Male circumcision is gaining recognition as a fundamental practice for limiting the spread of HIV across sub-Saharan Africa. Three conclusive studies conducted in African countries, including Kenya, have shown that becoming circumcised dramatically reduces a man's chances of acquir...

Role of Circumcision in Reducing HIV Risk Still Unclear

Review doesn't find a protective effect in post-HAART era TUESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new analysis of existing research finds little evidence that circumcision protects gay men from infection with the AIDS virus, but the issue is still far from settled. For one thing, stud...

Study finds circumcision safe in both HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected men

Study finds circumcision safe in both HIV-infected and HIVuninfected men Adult circumcision is safe in HIV-infected men without advanced HIV disease, according to research published in PLoS Medicine. Analyzing results of two clinical trials of circumcision in the rural Rakai district of U...

Is infant male circumcision an abuse of the rights of the child?

Circumcision is one of the commonest surgical procedures performed on males. Opponents argue that infant circumcision can cause both physical and psychological harm, while recent evidence shows that circumcision is medically beneficial. Two doctors debate the issue in this weeks BMJ. There is n...

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Circumcision in Medical Technology

Adult Circumcision Reduces Risk of HIV Transmission Without Reducing Sexual Pleasure

LINTHICUM, Md., April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two studies presented at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) show that adult circumcision reduces the risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the risk of coital injury -- without...

New Study Using Combination of Bioengineered Skin and Stem Cells Shows Promise in Treatment of Non-Healing Wounds

...ng human keratinocytes (cells that make the upper skin layer) and fibroblasts (cells that make collagen) -- derived from neonatal foreskin following a circumcision and preserved for medical research. From this initial study, Dr. Falanga and his team were very encouraged by their early results. "Our combined ...

New AVAC Report on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Calls for Immediate Planning to Anticipate Study Results of Potential New HIV Prevention Option

...aid AVAC Executive Director Mitchell Warren. "Disappointing results have emerged from recent studies of vaccine and microbicide candidates, while male circumcision was found to be partially effective at preventing HIV transmission in some populations and is being rolled out in some African countries. "Although ...

Circumcision in Medical Dictionary

Circumcision

Male circumcision is the removal of some or all of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis. The word " circumcision " comes from Latin circum and cædere . Male circumcision is the removal of some or all of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis. The word " circumcision "...

Uti

... easy to miss and include a strong ... This menu page indexes and links articles of interest in the study of the conjectured relationship between circumcision and UTI reduction. It is diagnosed when a UTI recurs within 2 weeks of treatment of the first ... ( Sometimes lower UTI symptoms may be...

Prepuce

... prepuce and its functions. ... The prepuce traditionally has been described as a simple fold of skin,1 for ... Cutting kids - a close look at circumcision and the rights of a child. ... This double layer of skin, the prepuce , is commonly known as the foreskin. ... The Merck Veterinary Manual (MVM)...

Phimosis

...in which the foreskin of the penis of an ... Poor hygiene was thought to predispose to pathologic phimosis . ... The case against infant circumcision and for genital integrity ... The pseudo-diagnosis of " phimosis " (muzzling) is often used as an excuse to ... Phimosis is a constriction of...

Penis

... unique in his own way, including his penis size. Information on how circumcision affects sensation and sexual function, from the circumcision Information Resource Pages. Cabaret show by Simon Morley and David Frie...

Foreskin

...kin and glans as pathological. ... ... restore your foreskin . Restoration Forums. ... Sign the Foreskin Restoration Chat Guestbook ... man's circumcision and foreskin restoration story, general ... The foreskin secretes immunological substances that fight infection, called ... The presence of t...

Epidemic

...site hosted by Dr. C. Everett Koop and providing information about hepatitis C and the hepatitis C epidemic . Explains how the virus is ... circumcision is a recent epidemic in America. ... This exciting fact provided much hope that the terrible epidemic could be stopped. ... The American Museu...

Ankylosing spondylitis

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Circumcision in Biological News

Male circumcision overstated as prevention tool against AIDS

In new academic research published today in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS ONE, male circumcision is found to be much less important as a deterrent to the global AIDS pandemic than previously thought. The author, John R. Talbott, has conducted statistical empirical ...

Male circumcision reduces HIV risk, study stopped early

A University of Illinois at Chicago study has been stopped early due to preliminary results indicating that medical circumcision of men reduces their risk of acquiring HIV during heterosexual intercourse by 53 percent. The study's independent Data Safety and Monitoring Board met Dec. 12 to review...

PLoS Medicine publishes first trial of effect of male circumcision on HIV infection

The peer-reviewed results of the first trial of the effect of male circumcision on HIV infection, which some experts call "a landmark trial," will be published in PLoS Medicine on October 25. The trial found that circumcision reduced the rate of new infections among heterosexual men in South Afri...

Male circumcision reduces risk of HIV transmission from women to men

The first study to examine the probability of HIV infection per act of heterosexual sex among a population with multiple sexual partners has found that uncircumcised men have more than twice the risk of acquiring HIV than do circumcised men. In the study, published in the Feb. 15 issue of The Journ...

Africa's first large-scale HIV vaccine study launches

...s shown that men who are circumcised are less likely to become HIV infected when they have sexual relations with women. As a result, access to medical circumcision also will be provided to male participants who choose to undergo the procedure. ...

Circumcision: A proven strategy to prevent HIV

... Male circumcision significantly reduces the risk of acquiring HIV in...ision. Half the men were randomly assigned to circumcision and half the men remained uncircumcised for two ye...f sexual partners." The authors conclude that circumcision will be most effective if it is integrated with ot...