The patient consented to only partial circumcision to treat a skin condition on his penis but the surgeon performed a full circumcision Getty A New Zealand man who sought medical treatment for a skin ...

More than half of South African men are now ­circumcised and most of them have been circumcised fully; in other words, the entire foreskin of their penises has been removed, not just part of it. That ...

Circumcision for male infants is becoming less common in the U.S., according to new data published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The paper also finds that over their lifetime, half of all uncircumcised ...

A man has been circumcised without consent after what the Heath and Disability Commissioner says resulted from “ineffective communication processes”. He’d “expressly stated” he did not consent to a ...

Promoters of male circumcision as a weapon against HIV will have to reckon with a Zulu belief that partial circumcision means better sex, according to researchers. An article in the latest issue of ...

reckon with a Zulu belief that partial circumcision means better sex, according Zulus and the Xhosas regarding male circumcision,” they said. “In contrast to the Xhosa practice of full circumcision, ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has reversed its decision last month regarding the practice of female circumcision by immigrants from some African, Middle Eastern and Asian cultures. The academy ...