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Circumcision
Jewish.com Classifieds 29 Jan 2006
Circumcision is, after all, a guy thing. ... “With men, when you talk about circumcision, there’s an instinctive protecting of the genitals. ...
- Jewish.com,
Web search interest puts users on edge 29 Jan 2006
Until last year, Kowats worked at the Discovery Channel, and a few years ago, in the course of putting together a documentary on circumcision, he and his ...
- Houston Chronicle,
Jewish community celebrates 50 years for Temple Beth El 29 Jan 2006
...congregants such as Levine and Alan Levin, now 74, stepped in to hold weekly services, perform bar mitzvahs, burials and the service of circumcision a doctor ...
- Santa Cruz Sentinel,
France's Colonial Blowback 29 Jan 2006
France has shown little patience for the multicultural exoticism of female circumcision, polygamy, and separate schooling for Muslim girls—rightly so. ...
- Media Monitors Network,
PPOC holds civac today 29 Jan 2006
...the civac expected to start at 8 am Usual activities are the opening mass, medical consultation, tooth extraction, Operation Tuli or circumcision, blood typing ...
- Bohol Chronicle,
Rare circumcision ritual generates controversy in NYC Jan 28, 2006
By DAVID B. CARUSO. NEW YORK -- For thousands of years, rabbis performed a simple procedure to cleanse the wound left by a ritual circumcision. ...
- Newsday,
Viafin-Atlas - Circumcision Issues Jan 18, 2006
...its consternation and dismay at the thousands of emails it has received in recent weeks from US citizens regarding the detrimental after-effects of circumcision ...
- eReleases (press release),
Circumcision to prevent HIV gains popularity in Swaziland Jan 13, 2006
Following reports from a South African study showing that circumcision can reduce the chances of acquiring HIV through unprotected sex by 60%, hundreds of men ...
- The Advocate,
Understanding the Blood of Circumcision, the Blood of the Pascal ... Jan 19, 2006
The Annual David Rapoport Memorial Lecture This image from the prophet Ezekiel (Ezekiel 16:6) describing a newborn has been used midrashically to refer to the ...
- NY Blueprint,
In Swaziland, circumcision on increase in AIDS fight Dec 31, 2005
Dlamini honored the wishes of a long-dead king who, fearing for the readiness of his young troops, banned the time-consuming rituals of circumcision that mark ...
- Houston Chronicle,
Health dept hits back at circumcision critic Dec 29, 2005
Cape health department has hit back at a traditional leader who claimed it had incurred the wrath of the ancestors by meddling in the circumcision ritual. ...
- Mail & Guardian Online,
Circumcision toll rises to 22 Jan 5, 2006
Cape Town - The circumcision season death toll in the Eastern Cape has risen to 22 with the news that a would-be initiate has apparently hanged himself at ...
- News24,
Washington Post Examines Use of Circumcision in Swaziland To ... Jan 3, 2006
26, 2005, examined the "dramatic and swift" shift in attitudes toward circumcision in Swaziland, which has one of the world's lowest rates of the practice and ...
- Kaiser network.org,
Women’s fears as youths undergo circumcision rite Jan 9, 2006
The festive season is extremely trying for these women, with the number of initiates who usually attend circumcision schools more than doubling during this ...
- The Herald Eastern Cape,
Toll of circumcision deaths increases to 22 Jan 8, 2006
...on New Year’s day. This took the death toll in the province this circumcision season to 22. Health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said ...
- The Herald Eastern Cape,
Eastern Cape circumcision toll rises to 22 Jan 6, 2006
...schools. “It also illustrates our point that this (the circumcision issue) needs to be approached broadly,� he said. “People ...
- Citizen,
Circumcision Is Barbaric And Unnecessary Jan 11, 2006
Since I had grown up in Germany, where the practice of non-religious circumcision was virtually unheard of, I resisted on instinctual, cultural and ethical ...
- Nebraska StatePaper.com,
Student Filmmaker to Present Documentary on Female Circumcision Jan 6, 2006
Female Circumcision: Is It Mutilitation? a film by Joseph Kaifala '08, an international affairs major, will be presented at 7 pm Tuesday, Dec. ...
- Skidmore College News,
The danger of female circumcision Dec 28, 2005
They are at it again, is been obvious that the talk in the favour of female circumcision in the country is not a fluke. Most democratic ...
- The Tide,
To snip or not: Circumcision falling out of favor in United States Dec 28, 2005
Once a routine procedure for newborn boys, circumcision is falling rapidly out of favor in the United States - even as some new evidence suggests that the ...
- Journal Times Online,
Circumcision controversy rages on Dec 28, 2005
...herpes to three babies, New York City’s health commissioner has issued an unprecedented public warning Tuesday that a controversial circumcision procedure is ...
- Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
Few Females Filling Mohel Role in US Jan 26, 2006
States. It’s not surprising that throughout Jewish history mohels have been men. Circumcision is, after all, a guy thing. Beyond ...
- The Jewish Journal of greater L.A,
Eastern Cape circumcision death toll rises to 22 Jan 5, 2006
The death toll of the circumcision season in the Eastern Cape has risen to 22, with the news that a would-be initiate has hanged himself at Bholothwa in the ...
- SABC News,
EU governments to fight violence against women Jan 26, 2006
About 8,000 girls and women living in Austria are the victims of female circumcision, Rauch-Kallat said, adding that France reported 60,000 such cases, Great ...
- Expatica,
No longer routine Jan 15, 2006
Historically, circumcision has been a routine procedure in the United States, but the rate dipped to a 50-year low of 55.9 percent in 2003, the most recent ...
- Columbus Dispatch,
Should I have my baby boy circumcised? Jan 24, 2006
Numerous studies have shown that circumcision can reduce the risk of urinary tract infections in male infants, and in later life can decrease the risk of ...
- MSNBC
After Subpoenas, Internet Searches Give Some Pause Jan 25, 2006
Until last year, Mr. Kowats worked at the Discovery Channel, and a few years ago, in the course of putting together a documentary on circumcision, he and his ...
- Media Channel,
Surgeons should perform circumcisions, report says Jan 23, 2006
It warns that any injury to an infant arising from a circumcision carried out by "an incompetent person" could be deemed to be a form of child abuse and be ...
- Irish Times,
Nick Kristof's Brothel Problem Jan 26, 2006
...bluff busybody prose is irksome, as he takes his pet peeve out for an annual saunter, the way AM Rosenthal did for years with female circumcision in Africa. ...
- The Nation.,
The Call Jan 27, 2006
12, at first adapted well to the life of the missionary but has lately struggled with yet another new language, witnessing a female circumcision and making ...
- New York Times,
Broadcasting to billions Jan 28, 2006
..."I've also done programs on motorbike safety, suicide and dental health. "Upcoming programs I am working on include subjects like female circumcision and a ...
- The Mercury,
An Irish government committee recommended that circumcisions ... Jan 24, 2006
...appear in a report to the Irish minister for health, who established the committee to address ethical and medical concerns raised by circumcision practices in ...
- Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
Religion and child abuse, fundamentalism and politics, Justice ... Jan 16, 2006
...into children. Many also pay a physical price as the Right Reverend John Shelby Spong noted in relation to circumcision: Mutilating ...
- Online Journal,
New faces on the Jewish scene Jan 27, 2006
...many hours of study, a written thesis, an oral exam, a meeting with the religious court, a written exam, a ritual bath for the women and circumcision for the ...
- Jerusalem Post,
Sundance? Stick with Victoria Jan 27, 2006
Such is the question that also plagues Sternes' eponymous character, who keeps doubling back to revisit his own birth, his accidental circumcision and other ...
- TheTyee.ca,
‘Loss a devastating blow to this country’ Jan 26, 2006
Dr Badawi's teachings had always been progressive, criticising some supposed Islamic traditions like forced marriages and female circumcision as cultural ones ...
- Ealing Times,
Nasobri: Surrogate father to drug addicts Jan 26, 2006
Budi (not his real name), 20, was staring blankly at the dozens of guests attending a circumcision ceremony in the hall of Pamardi Putra Drug Addicts ...
- Jakarta Post,
Different denominations consistent with the Bible Jan 27, 2006
It is clear that the "Jewish Christians" still practiced circumcision, participated in "vows" to the Lord, and continued to follow many of the Mosaic practices ...
- Tooele Transcript-Bulletin,
NEXTBOOK FEATURE: COLUMN: FIRST PERSON AMBIVALENT Jan 26, 2006
I am on the fourth draft of the story in my memoirs that recounts this circumcision dilemma. It is called "The Foreskin that Broke the Camel's Back.".
- nextbook,
By the light of the Luna Jan 21, 2006
Amina’s daughter Suha is reaching puberty, and Amina’s mother tells her it’s time for Suha to go through the circumcision ceremony. ...
- Corvallis Gazette Times,
Humor and the Christian Right, In All Seriousness Jan 18, 2006
...of “God’s� creative wishes, as the Right Reverend John Shelby Spong, a leading spokesman for progressive Christianity, noted in relation to circumcision: ...
- CounterBias.com
LAWRENCE'S PENIS PAIN Jan 27, 2006
The BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE star grew up in Germany, but had to wait until he moved to America before the circumcision - which is normally carried out at birth - was ...
- Contactmusic.com,
Department of Public Information o News and Media Division o New ... Jan 24, 2006
Legislation was being drafted to prohibit female circumcision and ensure that legally accepted and safe abortion services were provided. ...
- Nieuwsbank (persbericht),
Bizarre ritual of mutilation Jan 19, 2006
Female circumcision, which has been outlawed in this country since 1985, is taking place at secret locations in the borough, it is claimed, and victims of the ...
- Hackney Gazette,
Bolitas, tuli, manicures could kill Jan 14, 2006
...have shown that pedicure, body piercing, bolitas (plastic pellets inserted in the skin of the penis), induced abortion, and lately, circumcision have caused ...
- Journal Online,
Christ as black revolutionary Jan 21, 2006
...associate producer. Jesus begins preaching after an encounter with Satan, who wears black leather, at his Xhosa circumcision rite. The ...
- Hindu,
A Taste of Vintage Shandy Jan 22, 2006
The plot? Oh, never mind, except to note that it sidles up to the hero's birth and impromptu, painfully comic circumcision. What ...
- TIME
A Cock and Bull Story Jan 21, 2006
...however, make very explicit the bawdy jokes about Toby's wound in the groin at the Siege of Namur, Tristram's conception and his accidental circumcision as an ...
- Guardian Unlimited,
Jesus is black and Mary argues with the angels in radical film Jan 22, 2006
Jesus begins his public ministry after an encounter with Satan - who appears cloaked in black leather - during his traditional Xhosa circumcision rite. ...
- New Zealand Herald,
Column: New Year's resolutions can be about prayer, meditation Jan 6, 2006
...prayer. Later, in the sixth century, Christians celebrated the Feast of the Circumcision, which commemorated Jesus' circumcision. ...
- Danville Advocate,
Son of Man stuns Sundance Jan 25, 2006
He begins his ministry after an encounter with Satan (Andries Mbali) - dressed in black leather - during his traditional Xhosa circumcision rite. ...
- South Africa.info,
After 4,700 years, Chinese know how to celebrate new year Jan 25, 2006
Of course, Jan. 1 also is a Christian holy day, the Feast of the Circumcision. However, for some time it has been pretty much observed as a secular holiday. ...
- Chambersburg Public Opinion,
Plastic Surgery 101 Jan 22, 2006
...surgery. Foreskin restoration for men who have undergone circumcision is sometimes performed using reconstructive surgery. There ...
- Only Idol,
Sligo Rape Crisis expressed support for Nigerian woman facing ... Jan 18, 2006
Sligo Rape Crisis centre is urging the Government to recognise female circumcision as a legitimate reason to grant people asylum in Ireland. ...
- Ocean fm,
VU pinpoints best ways to speed post-op relief for infants Jan 25, 2006
About 1.4 million babies under age 1 undergo surgery each year. The most common procedures include hernia repair and circumcision. ...
- Hendersonville Star News,
Appraising Literature in the Horn of Africa Jan 23, 2006
The author uses Rahma to express an innocent reaction that throws perpetrators of female circumcision into the harsh reality of its negative effects. ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Baptism in the Early Church Jan 23, 2006
They argue that there was no link between baptism and circumcision and that the practice of infant baptism emerged in the fourth century in North Africa as ...
- Evangelical Times,
Health notes Jan 22, 2006
...of concern to new parents. Discussions on circumcision, infant safety and immunizations are included. A free Pondering Pregnancy ...
- Baltimore Sun,
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF SAUDI ARABIA Jan 25, 2006
...of certain girls and whether any measures had been taken to raise awareness of these issues since the initial report; female circumcision, although this was ...
- Nieuwsbank (persbericht),
Larry Cohler-Esses and Debra Nussbaum Cohen Jan 18, 2006
Opposition is building to a city Health Department campaign to warn new Jewish parents against a circumcision procedure it describes as life threatening ...
- New York Jewish Week,
Intense anger after gang’s ‘traditional rape’ rampage Jan 23, 2006
Buffalo City Traditional Circumcision Association founder and chief traditional surgeon Olayi Nojokwana yesterday condemned the act by the suspects, saying it ...
- The Herald Eastern Cape,
Reproductive health care continues to decline Jan 23, 2006
...of birth control. Women who know about AIDS are 52 percent and 92 percent do not agree with female circumcision. A project symposium ...
- Yemen Times,
Beauties’ message of hope for Maasai girls Jan 14, 2006
A group of teenage Maasai girls are out to set a precedent for others in a community that values female circumcision. They have ...
- Standard,
Ouma suffers at hands of technology Jan 13, 2006
...verge of leaving to return home! Yes, what makes people who practise the rite take circumcision so seriously? Back in 1950, a former ...
- Daily Nation (subscription),
Program distributes food to AIDS patients Jan 5, 2006
Study: Circumcision protects against AIDS (July 5, 2005) -- A South African study finds that circumcised men are far less likely to be infected with AIDS ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Lunafest films loaded with potent imagery Jan 23, 2006
...lives, speak to fundamental issues of women's health. Female circumcision is one example. In "Tahara," a married, middle-class mom ...
- Anchorage Daily News,
Commercial Sex Workers Jan 9, 2006
..."And to continue to hold that women are more easily infected with the virus than men is as difficult to accept as suggesting that circumcision reduces the ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Medical bill snarled in red tape finally freed Jan 11, 2006
Because of a paperwork problem, Patti Gaynor's insurance company had not paid for her son's $225 circumcision, 17 months after the procedure was performed. ...
- Chicago Tribune,
Mayor Balances Hasidic Ritual Against Fears for Babies' Heal Jan 5, 2006
...the last reference was code for the administration's decision to hold off from taking action against an ancient form of ritualistic circumcision practiced by ...
- New York Times,
City Officials and Rabbis Clash Over Rite Jan 4, 2006
...on city health officials to end their campaign to educate parents about the alleged health dangers associated with an ancient form of ceremonial circumcision. ...
- New York Times,
Taking a Stand on a Rite With Hazards Jan 8, 2006
Mike Bloomberg. At issue is the circumcision rite, an issue the administration delayed action on during the election. The columnist ...
- New York Times,
Deaths linked to witchcraft Jan 5, 2006
The shootings follow the death last month of two boys who attended circumcision school and two attendants struck by lightning at a circumcision school at ...
- News24,
Novel approach to Shandy fizzes with jokes Jan 18, 2006
One of these involves the enforced circumcision he underwent as a boy, a scene in which the adult Tristram turns up and critiques the performance of the young ...
- Scotsman,
Meta, Circa 1760: A Movie of a Movie of a Book About a Book Jan 20, 2006
...(The commandeering of some sash weights for use as miniature mortars eventually leads to Tristram's untimely circumcision by falling window, but that's getting ...
- New York Times,
Crying Much Worse Than Wolf Jan 19, 2006
A campaign by the city's Health Department to warn Jewish parents about the potential hazards of a circumcision ritual prompted some Hasidic leaders to ...
- New York Times,
Right to fly flag for Christian Scotland Jan 16, 2006
...exceptions such as having only one wife, preferably a voluntary one, and forbidding some practices we see as barbaric such as the forced circumcision of young ...
- Scotsman,
The Real Story of Chanukah 2005 Dec 29, 2005
...their Jewish heritage. Some of them even went so far as to attempt to remove the marks of their circumcision. When Antiochus IV ...
- Israel Insider,
Traditions and changing times Jan 9, 2006
Circumcision in Islamic societies as well as among the Jews is as much a common practice as it is part of religious norms and cultural heritage. ...
- Turkish Daily News (subscription),
NBC Could Mock More Than Episcopalians James Atticus Bowden Jan 13, 2006
His five other kids are giving him a hard time about female circumcision and refuse to promise to do an honor killing of any sister who has sex or is raped. ...
- Opinion Editorials,
Lead an active life after surgery Jan 17, 2006
Although adult circumcision is uncomfortable for several weeks after the surgery, it may be your best option. Follow the specialist's suggestions. ...
- Northwest Herald,
Charity asks minister to let 'threatened' mother stay Jan 18, 2006
Ms Izbekhai has said that her first daughter, Elizabeth, bled to death in 1994 at the age of 19 months after undergoing female circumcision in Nigeria. ...
- Irish Independent,
Writing the Malaysian story Jan 18, 2006
Over the years we have been treated to enough ridiculous proposals -- from planting padi on rooftops, to "mass circumcision ceremonies" to attract tourists, to ...
- Sun2Surf,
Change can start with the small things in life Jan 19, 2006
...others in his neighbourhood to finish school and even graduate at college, and even helping other people with loans to take their boys to circumcision schools. ...
- City Vision,
No Synthesis of faiths but mutual understanding and tolerance Jan 19, 2006
...like the new breed of modern or progressive or liberal Muslims, the members of these groups are Muslim only in name and only in terms of circumcision of the ...
- Milli Gazette,
Another round of land title distribution held in Indahag Jan 19, 2006
These include free medical consultation and check-up, dental, circumcision, birth registration and mass wedding, seedlings dispersal, supplemental feeding, and ...
- Philippine Information Agency,
Kenya students plans to help homeland Jan 19, 2006
...people," she said. "Two of these traditions are female circumcision and very early marriage for Masai girls. My grandfather educated ...
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
ISPCC backs Nigerian woman's case Jan 19, 2006
If their mother is deported they will have to return with her to Nigeria where female circumcision is still practiced despite it being illegal. ...
- Ocean fm,
The big moment of truth and FGM 23 Nov 2005
The recent proclamation by the World Health Organisation (WHO), over the BBC that female circumcision is a weapon against HIV/Aids, as opposed to the outspoken ...
- Daily Observer,
Growing Girls Whole 23 Nov 2005
In many cultures, circumcision is performed on boys as a rite of puberty, at the age of Ishmael, 13. Circumcision in many cultures ...
- The Jewish Journal of greater L.A,
Violence against women at crisis level in Britain, Government told 23 Nov 2005
It also criticised the Government for its alleged lack of action over the problems of forced marriage, female circumcision and the trafficking of women and ...
- Independent,
Free lesson on Islam 23 Nov 2005
The barbaric practice of female circumcision is NOT an Islamic practice but that of some East African tribes particularly in Somalia where she was born. ...
- Mmegi,
Make IsraelNN.com Your Homepage 23 Nov 2005
...(IsraelNN.com) Foreign Minister Ehud Olmert is on his way to New York City where he will be attending the brit (circumcision) of his grandson. ...
- Arutz Sheva,
Teen to be removed from circumcision school Nov 22, 2005
Eastern Cape health officials are to intervene to remove a teenager from a circumcision school in the Matatiele area to which he was admitted without his ...
- Independent Online,
Self-circumcision testament to custom’s troubles Nov 21, 2005
This represents one of the problems that plague the circumcision tradition, especially during the summer holidays, when boys sometimes die as a result of ...
- The Herald Eastern Cape,
Teenager held after illegal circumcision Nov 16, 2005
...said on Wednesday. This brought the total number of arrests for illegal circumcision in the current season to four. The circumcised ...
- Independent Online,
Major project to curb circumcision deaths getting under way Nov 18, 2005
AS circumcision season gets under way, the Nelson Mandela Bay will today launch an extensive national pilot project to curb botched circumcisions – the first ...
- The Herald Eastern Cape,
Circumcision to be performed in the capital of the Jewish ... Nov 17, 2005
Birobidzhan, November 17, Interfax - Birobidzhan residents got a chance to go through an Old Jewish rite ‘brit-mila’ (circumcision) without leaving their ...
- Interfax-Religion,
Circumcision mix-up Nov 18, 2005
WINNIPEG -- Officials at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg are trying to figure out how a circumcision was performed on the wrong baby. ...
- Alaska Highway News,
First arrest of circumcision season Nov 8, 2005
The boys, aged 15 and 16, had been admitted to Celia Makiwane Hospital. Kupelo said the arrest was the first of the summer circumcision season in the province. ...
- iAfrica.com,
Heath department prepares for circumcision season Nov 12, 2005
...many 4x4s on standby. At least 23 boys died in the Eastern Cape during the June/July circumcision season. Kupelo says they department ...
- SABC News,
Glick speaks out on circumcision Nov 15, 2005
In the book, Glick addresses the commonly misunderstood practice of male circumcision, which has its roots in ancient Jewish culture. ...
- The Massachusetts Daily Collegian,
Study: Circumcision reduces HIV risk Nov 9, 2005
By E. ASHLEY WRIGHT / Aggie News Writer. Recent research conducted in South Africa has shown that male circumcision can provide protection against HIV. ...
- The California Aggie Online
Police searching for illegal circumcision surgeon Nov 13, 2005
...satisfactory. About 125 boys have died of circumcision related illnesses since 2001 when the Traditional Circumcision Act was implemented.
- SABC News,
Circumcision lowers risk of contracting AIDS, study says Oct 25, 2005
A study into the spread of HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS, has found that male circumcision significantly protects men from picking up the infection. ...
- Taipei Times,
Circumcision May Protect Against HIV Oct 26, 2005
26 (HealthDay News) -- Circumcision reduced the rate of HIV infection among heterosexual men in South Africa by 60 percent, according to a study that provides ...
- Forbes
Circumcision: Cutting the HIV Rate? Oct 24, 2005
AIDS epidemic, published this week by French and South African researchers, seems to confirm what scientists have long suspected: that circumcision cuts the ...
- Newsweek
Circumcision cuts HIV risk: study Oct 26, 2005
Those who underwent circumcision were instructed to abstain from sex for 6 weeks after the procedure. The researchers suggest several ...
- Reuters.uk,
Circumcision cuts HIV risk: study Oct 26, 2005
Those who underwent circumcision were instructed to abstain from sex for six weeks after the procedure. During 21 months of follow ...
- Melbourne Herald Sun,
Circumcision reduces risk of HIV Oct 26, 2005
The controversial idea is on the agenda after a study published this week involving over 3000 men in South Africa found that circumcision reduced the rate at ...
- New Scientist (subscription),
Bush under pressure, Circumcision, Feminism boomerang, Covering ... Nov 1, 2005
I am no admirer of President George W. Bush or his policies, but it is too much for Paul Krugman to insist, week in and week out, that everything the president ...
- International Herald Tribune,
Bark-clad monster guards Senegal circumcision rite Nov 4, 2005
...mysterious figure believed to be endowed with special powers who appears in the villages of Senegal's southern Casamance region during annual circumcision rites ...
- Reuters
Circumcision shown to significantly reduce the rate of HIV ... Oct 25, 2005
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 ...
- News-Medical.net,
Circumcision may offer some protection against HIV transmission Oct 28, 2005
A trial found that circumcision reduces the rate of new infections among heterosexual men in South Africa by about 60%. Because ...
- Xagena.it,
Male Circumcision Might Reduce Risk of Female-to-Male HIV ... Nov 1, 2005
Male circumcision might reduce the risk of men contracting HIV through sexual intercourse with women by about 60%, according to a study published in the ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
Male circumcision reduces HIV risk Oct 25, 2005
25 (UPI) -- Circumcision reduces males' risk of contracting the AIDS virus by 61 percent, South African researchers said in a study greeted with muted reactions ...
- United Press International
Male Circumcision Protects Against HIV Infection Oct 26, 2005
The results of observational studies have suggested that male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection, but until now there have been no randomized ...
- Medscape (subscription)
Circumcision lowers risk of contracting AIDS, study says Oct 26, 2005
A study into the spread of HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS, has found that male circumcision significantly protects men from picking up the infection... ...
- LaSalute.net,
Defense Mechanism: Circumcision averts some HIV infections Oct 28, 2005
Many previous studies have suggested such a benefit from male circumcision (SN: 4/3/04, p. 212: Available to subscribers at http://www.sciencenews.org/articles ...
- Science News
Circumcision reduces AIDS risk, study says Oct 25, 2005
Oh boy this should get people riled up. A South African study says circumcision can reduce the rate of HIV infections among the heterosexual men by about 60%. ...
- Blogging Baby,
'CIRCUMCISION CUTS HIV RISK' Oct 29, 2005
France: Investigators in France and South Africa say circumcision offers men some protection against HIV. A clinical study was conducted ...
- Star of Mysore,
Circumcision May Reduce Spread Of HIV Oct 25, 2005
...(NBC News) - Researchers from France and South Africa have found male circumcision can reduce the rate of new HIV infections by 60 percent. ...
- KSDK,
Study: Circumcision could cut HIV transmissions by 60% Oct 26, 2005
Although more than 40 previous studies have suggested that circumcision reduces HIV infection chances, this is the first to test the procedure among adults ...
- The Advocate,
Circumcision cuts HIV risk: study Oct 26, 2005
It has long been noted that circumcised men appear to be less likely to become infected with HIV, but whether there's a benefit to actively circumcising adults ...
- LaSalute.net,
5 million new HIV cases seen globally Nov 21, 2005
Stirling also pointed out encouraging results from a South African study earlier this year that showed for the first time that circumcision reduces men's ...
- Boston Globe,
Circumcision equal to a vaccine for HIV Nov 1, 2005
CIRCUMCISION offers the same level of protection against HIV infection in heterosexual men as a highly effective vaccine, according to a landmark study. ...
- AustralianDoctor.com (subscription),
Breakthrough' Finding That Circumcision Might Reduce Risk of HIV ... Nov 2, 2005
The recent finding that male circumcision might reduce the risk of men contracting HIV through sexual intercourse with women by up to 70% "is the most ...
- Kaiser network.org,
Circumcision cuts HIV risk Nov 1, 2005
A new study published in the journal PLoS Medicine indicates circumcision to have a drastic effect in preventing HIV infections among men. ...
- myDNA.com,
STEPHEN STRAUSS: Nov 21, 2005
...effect come to mind if you spend any time reflecting on a much-publicized South African study tying a dramatic decline in HIV infection rates to circumcision. ...
- CBC News,
World Community Grid fights AIDS Nov 22, 2005
Study: Circumcision protects against AIDS (July 5, 2005) -- A South African study finds that circumcised men are far less likely to be infected with AIDS ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Photo: Sun News Publishing Nov 19, 2005
It also denies the woman the pleasure of sex. Promiscuity and circumcision do not go together. ... Why do you call it female circumcision? ...
- Daily Sun,
'Ang Pagdadalaga' not gay film Nov 22, 2005
...script for Magnifico. Solito has gone on to do another digital film for Viva, called Tuli (Filipino for "circumcision"). Viva may ...
- ABS CBN News,
Sex and the UniverCity Nov 16, 2005
...to embrace nature. According to cirp.org, male circumcision is the most common surgery in the United States. However, the popularity ...
- Daily Campus (subscription),
First arrest for the circumcision season Nov 8, 2005
The boys, aged 15 and 16, had been admitted to Celia Makiwane hospital. Kupelo said the arrest was the first of the summer circumcision season in the province. ...
- Sunday Times,
Circumcision season underway Nov 15, 2005
...also started this service today.According to ADK hospital,this service will be available on all the working days.The excitement of circumcision has also begun ...
- MaldivesInfo,
Circumcision May Protect Against HIV Oct 26, 2005
26 (HealthDay News) — Circumcision reduced the rate of HIV infection among heterosexual men in South Africa by 60 percent, according to a study that provides ...
- ABC News
Study: Circumcision Lowers HIV Infection Rate Oct 27, 2005
Male circumcision should become part of AIDS prevention efforts in Africa, say authors of a study that found a 60% reduction in rate of HIV infection among men ...
- Daily News Central,
Circumcision lowers HIV risk Oct 27, 2005
Circumcision reduced the rate of HIV infection among heterosexual men in South Africa by 60 percent, according to a study that provides the first published ...
- Health24.com,
Circumcision may offer some protection against HIV transmission Oct 29, 2005
A trial found that circumcision reduces the rate of new infections among heterosexual men in South Africa by about 60%... A trial ...
- LaSalute.net,
Circumcision cuts HIV risk study Oct 27, 2005
Those who underwent circumcision were instructed to abstain from sex for 6 weeks after the procedure. During 21 months of follow ...
- NewKerala.com,
Defense Mechanism: Circumcision averts some HIV infections Oct 29, 2005
...in South Africa shows. Many previous studies have suggested such a benefit from male circumcision (SN: 4/3/04, p... Men who get ...
- LaSalute.net,
No need to circumcise most boys Nov 13, 2005
THOSE OF YOU who read my last column and the letters to the editor that followed, you already know that my comments about anti-circumcision demonstrators at ...
- The Free Lance-Star,
Female Genital Mutilation, Widely Condemned, Still Rampant in ... Nov 18, 2005
Female Genital Mutilation, the removal of the female genitalia, also known as female circumcision, has been condemned by the United Nations, human rights ...
- Voice of America
Female genital mutilation still rampant in Sudan Nov 19, 2005
Nov 19, 2005 (KHARTOUM) — Female Genital Mutilation, the removal of the female genitalia, also known as female circumcision, has been condemned by the United ...
- Sudan Tribune,
Soapy love story blurs message Nov 18, 2005
Soon you learn, though, that she's been there before. God's Sandbox is actually meant to make people aware of the extent of female circumcision. ...
- Miami Herald,
Hate-filled speeches will long colour politicians' images Nov 22, 2005
Circumcision is a theme that Cooperatives minister Njeru Ndwiga returned to from time to time, stating that Environment minister Kalonzo Musyoka should be ...
- Daily Nation (subscription),
CAN can’t be wrong Nov 22, 2005
...of twins, near-nude appearances (exposure of sensitive parts of the body), genital mutilation also known as female circumcision, immorality – inducing dance ...
- The Tide,
Mechina Student Enrolls Despite Full Hockey Scholarship to Air ... Nov 22, 2005
Yan said "there were a few people [receiving a brit milah] at the time, so I didn't feel alone." After agreeing to the circumcision, Yan actually convinced his ...
- The Commentator (subscription),
Pas denies bribing voters Nov 22, 2005
...secretary Takiyuddin Hassan. "We also gave hampers to students at circumcision ceremonies to encourage them to take part.". He said ...
- New Straits Times,
Fraudster cop did it all for love Nov 22, 2005
A LOVESICK cop sacrificed his career to save his illegal immigrant girlfriend from barbaric female circumcision. to crudely mutilate ...
- ic SouthLondon.co.uk,
Tegla Loroupe - bundle of energy and a driving force for peace Nov 22, 2005
...“We have many problems in our society, but all of these: female circumcision, fighting, the Aids virus, can be wiped out through education and sport, which ...
- International Association of Athletics Foundation,
Three traditional surgeons arrested Nov 12, 2005
He said the department and the police were clamping down on illegal circumcisions after the deaths of 23 boys in the June-July circumcision season in the ...
- News24,
'Graying hippies' have some good points Nov 16, 2005
16] criticizing infant circumcision at the American Academy of Pediatrics in Washington were numerous medical professionals. Attendee ...
- The Free Lance-Star,
The snip could save many lives Oct 30, 2005
By Thomas J Coates. The Old Testament of the Bible prescribes circumcision as the mark of the covenant between God and Judaism. Circumcision ...
- The South African Star (subscription),
Illegal circumcisers have no place to hide Nov 13, 2005
Health MEC Bevan Goqwana would be "busy like a bee" during the end-of-year circumcision period, "focusing for the whole of December on the circumcision thing". ...
- Independent Online,
Traditional surgeons nabbed for circumcisions Nov 13, 2005
The penalties, in terms of the Traditional Circumcision Act No 6 of 2001, were one to 15 years in jail or a R1 000 to R15 000 fine. ...
- Independent Online,
"Blue Wave" Reinforces BN Campaign For Votes Nov 18, 2005
Meanwhile, Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin told reporters after a mass circumcision ceremony for about 200 boys here that the party carried out ...
- Bernama,
Wrong baby loses foreskin Nov 19, 2005
WINNIPEG -- A circumcision was performed on the wrong baby boy at a Winnipeg hospital last week, prompting officials to declare a circumcision moratorium while ...
- Edmonton Sun,
MRSA Epidemic Targets Circumcised Boys Oct 25, 2005
Doctors Opposing Circumcision (DOC), a Seattle based physician’s organization, issued an important statement today alerting health officials of a newfound ...
- Emediawire (press release),
Useful lessons from referendum debate Nov 16, 2005
Despite all the violence and dark moments, we have learnt some important lessons. Take for example the issue of circumcision. Who ...
- Daily Nation (subscription),
Dr. Paul J Dean Nov 18, 2005
...between Jew and Gentile.' His basic assertion is that faith in Christ abolishes national and racial distinctions made on the basis of circumcision, food laws ...
- Crosswalk.com,
Parliament hears how to spot a virgin Nov 8, 2005
During a briefing on Monday on circumcision and initiation practices in South Africa, it also emerged that when inspecting young women in the Swazi culture, a ...
- Independent Online,
Sudan's Department of Gang Rape Nov 21, 2005
Rape leads to particular injuries in Darfur because many girls, as part of female circumcision rites, have their vaginas sewn shut with a wild thorn. ...
- New York Times,
Bad precedent Nov 20, 2005
...is right. Slavery was once a cultural practice in England. So is female circumcision in some countries in Africa. Would the author ...
- INQ7.net,
Tanc Newbury Nov 21, 2005
Cultural relativism would have us travel to a rural village in Mali, witness a female circumcision and, when a progressive local young girl says “Isn’t it ...
- Warwick Boar,
Thousands of Leytenos flock CIVAC outreach services Nov 20, 2005
...services facilitated by some 20 medical doctors, dentists and nurses were the dental and surgical services that include the much-needed circumcision among the ...
- Philippine Information Agency,
Boy dies after stick fight Nov 20, 2005
Grahamstown - A 15-year-old has been arrested for murder after a stick fight in which a 17-year-old boy was killed at a circumcision ceremony at Alice in the ...
- News24,
Clerical comedy in Hackettstown Nov 20, 2005
Hartman had a retort. He said he enjoyed attending Gellman's synagogue, "but when it came to circumcision ". "All right, that's a deal breaker," Gellman said. ...
- The Express Times,
Els Kooij-Bas and David Ellenson Nov 3, 2005
Jewish and secular newspapers in New York City have been filled recently with reports and commentary on the controversial circumcision practice of metztizah b ...
- New York Jewish Week,
Surgery meets religion meets politics at the convention of ritual ... Nov 9, 2005
They are medical professionals, physicians and nurse-midwives, who have been crossed-trained cross-trained in the liturgy of a bris, or ritual circumcision. ...
- Fort Wayne News Sentinel,
Puns abound at convention of Jewish ritual circumcisers Nov 12, 2005
He researched circumcision for a doctoral dissertation and indicated he'd have been embarrassed to find someone looking over his shoulder. ...
- Austin American-Statesman (subscription),
Lech Lecha Nov 10, 2005
...people. There is hardly a religious practice anywhere that has created such intense debate and controversy as circumcision. Many ...
- Connecticut Jewish Ledger,
Personal Health | News and Notes Oct 24, 2005
A rigorous study in South Africa has supported what researchers long suspected: Circumcision reduces the rate of HIV infection. ...
- philly.com,
Cats' Asthma Linked To Home Irritants Oct 25, 2005
Circumcision reduced rates of HIV infection in heterosexual men in South Africa by 60 percent, according to a new study released Monday. ...
- Hartford Courant,
Provide evidence, says Najib Nov 19, 2005
All of us should look into what is wrong within our country before pointing fingers at others," Najib said after attending a mass circumcision ceremony at ...
- New Straits Times,
Why Kenya stands on the cliff ahead of vote Nov 19, 2005
...replaced by hostile speeches against tribes, leaders especially Roads minister Raila Odinga and his Luo people, phantom philosophies about circumcision and the ...
- Kenya Times,
Does Islam need a Reformation? Nov 18, 2005
She argues that her personal experience of circumcision, beatings, forced marriage showed her that Islam collides with democracy and oppresses women. ...
- Mmegi,
'Religious extremism' slammed Nov 8, 2005
Although the issue was not discussed at the session, Ms Dashti told reporters that she also condemned female circumcision, which is encouraged under some ...
- Gulf Daily News,
Child Advocates Urge NYC to Regulate Circumcision 02 Oct 2005
A decision made earlier this month by the city of New York to allow a Jewish religious court to rule on the public safety of a circumcision practice called ...
- Medical News Today (press release)
Give Hughes a chance 02 Oct 2005
...was when western women raised the issue of the horrific African practice of female genital mutilation, misleadingly called "female circumcision." Unlike male ...
- Santa Cruz Sentinel
Circumcision Can't Prevent HIV Oct 2, 2005
Circumcision may result in a false belief that safe-sex practices are no longer required, implying a worsening of the incidence of HIV infection, according to ...
- Emediawire (press release)
Uganda told to ban child sacrifice,girl circumcision Sep 30, 2005
Female circumcision, in which part or all of the female genitalia is removed, is considered a rite of passage to adulthood in many African countries. ...
- Reuters AlertNet
Child Advocates Urge NYC to Regulate Circumcision Sep 30, 2005
...peh rages on in New York City, a growing number of voices are calling for children to be legally protected from all forms of medically unnecessary circumcision ...
- PR Web (press release)
To cut or not to cut? Circumcision debate rages on Sep 25, 2005
Controversial: California pediatrician Daniel Robbins shows a device used to hold a baby boy during circumcision. The procedure is open to debate. ...
- Indianapolis Star
AIDS expert urges circumcision Sep 25, 2005
CAPE TOWN, South Africa --A South African AIDS expert Saturday advocated male circumcision as the best available "vaccine" against the virus in his country ...
- Boston Globe
Expert urges circumcision to combat AIDS Sep 25, 2005
Cape Town: A South African AIDS expert Saturday advocated male circumcision as the best available "vaccine" against the virus in his country, where an ...
- Sify
Aids experts say circumcision is the best 'vaccine' Sep 26, 2005
A leading South African HIV/Aids expert on Saturday advocated male circumcision as the best available "vaccine" against the virus in his country, where an ...
- Mail & Guardian Online
Circumcision can help prevent AIDS in S. Africa, expert says Sep 25, 2005
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- A South African AIDS expert Saturday advocated male circumcision as the best available "vaccine" against the disease in his country ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
Medical Report Sep 30, 2005
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A leading South African AIDS expert last week advocated male circumcision as the best available “vaccine� against the ...
- Washington Blade
South African AIDS expert advocates circumcision in fight against ... Sep 25, 2005
A South African Aids expert has advocated male circumcision as the best available ``vaccine'' against the virus in his country, where an estimated 6 million ...
- Anglo Celt
S. African AIDS Expert Urges Circumcision Sep 24, 2005
CAPE TOWN, South Africa Sep 24, 2005 — A South African AIDS expert Saturday advocated male circumcision as the best available "vaccine" against the virus in ...
- ABC News
Mass circumcision at Undip Sep 24, 2005
15, the state-run Diponegoro University of Semarang, Central Java, has organized a mass circumcision, free medical services, sports and a puppet show. ...
- Jakarta Post
Circumcision: Is it ethical? Sep 22, 2005
A hotly debated issue, circumcision. It has been debated for years whether or not circumcision is medically necessary. But now, a ...
- Blogging Baby
Media must provide context when tradition and medicine collide Oct 1, 2005
But according to the report, the Bill does not ban traditional male circumcision practiced by Xhosas, creating perceptions of double-standards and even tribal ...
- journalism.co.za
Pediatrician makes case for circumcision Sep 10, 2005
No matter what side of the circumcision issue you're on, chances are if you have had a baby boy, you're saying something — or at least hearing it. ...
- Houston Chronicle
Historian Talks About Cokwe Circumcision Sep 6, 2005
The Angolan historian Américo Kunonoca will talk today, at Recreational and Cultural Centre Kilamba, in Luanda, about the "fundamentals of circumcision in the ...
- AngolaPress
Mohel asks Rockland to lift ban on oral circumcision Sep 4, 2005
By STEVE LIEBERMAN. Rockland's health commissioner is awaiting the state's advice on whether to lift an order banning a Monsey rabbi ...
- The Journal News.com
Female Circumcision Sep 1, 2005
According to an article in the British medical journal "Lancet," women who have undergone female circumcision, also referred to as female genital mutilation ...
- Voice of America
Eight Boys Die After Circumcision Rite Sep 1, 2005
Eight boys have died and more than 15 admitted to hospital in Samburu District after undergoing traditional circumcision, according to the area's medical boss. ...
- AllAfrica.com
Circumcision ban call Sep 15, 2005
The circumcision of pre-pubescent girls should be unconditionally prohibited, says a group of prominent imams residing in Denmark. ...
- The Copenhagen Post
No reason for barbaric circumcision Sep 8, 2005
In the interest of unbiased journalism, I hope you will publish a different medical opinion on circumcision. As a general/family ...
- Contra Costa Times
UNFPA and dangers of harmful practices against women Sep 30, 2005
Female circumcision formed the kernel of the interaction and deliberations at the one-day sensitisation workshop on reproductive rights and harmful traditional ...
- The Tide
Expert: Circumcision best vaccine for AIDS Sep 24, 2005
A South African AIDS expert advocated male circumcision yesterday as the best available "vaccine" against the virus in his country, where about 6 million ...
- Winston-Salem Journal
Tradition And Modernity Collide in Virgin Debate Sep 25, 2005
...with many virginity testers in KwaZulu-Natal arguing that the government has double standards as it continues to protect male circumcision, which is practised ...
- AllAfrica.com
Here's correct mind-set for Jewish holidays Oct 1, 2005
During the Passover Seder, for example, we are commanded "to feel as though we personally went forth from Egypt." When our sons undergo circumcision, it is a ...
- Cleveland Plain Dealer
Nation & World Briefs Sep 29, 2005
The city of New York agreed to allow a Jewish court to handle the case of a ritual circumcision practice that may have caused an infant’s death. ...
- The Jewish Journal of greater L.A
Dangerous Witchdoctoring Sep 29, 2005
Her regular doctors were two pediatricians popular with the Hollywood crowd: Paul Fleiss, the anti-circumcision crusader and tax-evading father of Hollywood ...
- National Review Online
METRO & COUNTRY Oct 1, 2005
...through blood transfusion, blood products: platelet, plasma, injection by contaminated syringe/ needle, sharing razors, barber, circumcision, ear piercing or ...
- The Financial Express
Itemized Bills Help To Redress Hospital Errors Oct 2, 2005
Some are clearly billing mistakes, including such strange-but-true charges as the circumcision for a baby girl, time for a man in the labor and delivery room ...
- Hartford Courant
So small, these women's worlds Sep 30, 2005
...to five years!); customs associated with second marriages of widows and divorcees; rejecting, or participating in, the brit mila (circumcision) ceremony; and ...
- Ha'aretz (subscription)
Tribalism, nepotism destroy church outlook Oct 1, 2005
...might have learnt the lesson that the uncircumcised Gentiles were supposed to be accepted into the church community without undergoing the circumcision of the ...
- Chronicle
But seriously, folks ... Oct 1, 2005
After a forensic circumcision -- make that castration -- of the two wankers on stage making hamburger and Eiffel Tower shapes of their penises ("The ...
- Globe and Mail
Working to ease Africans' plight Sep 29, 2005
Four years ago, he said, Donovan was lobbying UNICEF to promote circumcision in Africa, based on emerging studies that indicated the procedure appeared to ...
- Boston Globe
Controversy goes to Jewish court Sep 30, 2005
...(JTA) --The city of New York agreed to allow a Jewish court to handle the case of a ritual circumcision practice that may have caused an infant's death. ...
- Cleveland Jewish News
Yonah Blum Picks Lerner for Son’s Bris Sep 27, 2005
A bris, the Yiddish term for the ceremonial circumcision of an eight-day old boy, known as a brit milah, is also when parents formally name their baby. ...
- Columbia Daily Spectator
GHANI: Is Western Civilization Truly Civilized? Sep 24, 2005
Among these issues was circumcision of women, which was so exaggerated by the western participants and their puppets from other countries that it was ...
- jihadunspun.com
World news in brief Sep 25, 2005
9. A South African AIDS expert Saturday advocated male circumcision as the best available ``vaccine'' against the virus in his country, where an estimated 6 ...
- San Jose Mercury News
The Anti-Terror, Pro-Israel Sheikh Sep 12, 2005
We must distinguish between: 1) Female Genital Circumcision ("excision" -- removal of skin covering a clitoris); 2) Clitoridectomy (removal of a clitoris itself ...
- FrontPage magazine.com
A Little off the Top Aug 31, 2005
By Jay Michaelson. By Leonard B. Glick. To put it mildly, circumcision is a delicate subject. It's almost impossible to discuss the ...
- Forward
Lead found in some kohl products: Health Canada Sep 29, 2005
Kohl has varying uses across cultures. Some use it as an aid in the healing of the infant umbilical cord stump or for after-care in circumcision. ...
- CTV.ca
Essay: Snip judgment Sep 13, 2005
As Bazelon notes, the study adds new fuel to an old debate: Does male circumcision (assuming it is done in a sanitary and correct manner) offer any health ...
- Jerusalem Post
World Scene Sep 25, 2005
CAPE TOWN -- A South African AIDS specialist yesterday advocated male circumcision as the best available "vaccine" against HIV in his country, where an ...
- Washington Times
Naked Boys Help Celebrate 3rd Anniversary of That's Kentertainment ... Sep 29, 2005
Musical numbers range from the screamingly funny (like the sassy opening number 'Gratuitous Nudity' or the circumcision-based 'Bliss of a Bris') to poignant ...
- Broadway World
Breakaway sect from Judaism shrinking in numbers in Ukraine Sep 29, 2005
..."When the Karaites didn't have a cantor, circumcision could be performed by a mullah," or Muslim religious leader, Ormeli said.
- Jerusalem Post
DWW bought a building for RADEM maternity in Congo Sep 29, 2005
2. Minor operations (circumcision): DWW has done more than 20,000 minor ops in Katanga region and 10,000 more will be done till the end of October 2005. ...
- ReliefWeb (press release)
Islam's silent revolution Sep 30, 2005
...my rights and I want these rights to be protected and I'm against any kind of, for example, forced marriages, domestic violence, female circumcision, and any ...
- Radio Netherlands
'Ruwatan', seen as anachronistic, is threatened with oblivion Sep 29, 2005
Such ceremonies are not only held by villages but also individuals, who wish to obtain a blessing for an event such as a circumcision. ...
- Jakarta Post
Minister Challenged on Campaign Against Women, Children’s Rights Sep 12, 2005
...on women/children’s rights as she was drilled for more than 30 minuites on the propriety or otherwise of the campaign against female circumcision and children ...
- This Day (subscription)
Learn from the Rastas Sep 22, 2005
Vuyolwethu Masiba is one such individual in a sea of many myopic persons, who has gone out to propagate how Rasta views circumcision, basing it on views he ...
- City Vision
Global Perspectives: HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Sep 5, 2005
The role of circumcision was addressed, first by Dr. R. Gray who noted a relative risk (RR) of 0.55 among circumcised vs uncircumcised men in Rakai, Uganda ...
- Medscape (subscription)
City: Brit Case To Bet Din Sep 22, 2005
Rabbi Fischer has agreed to not perform metzitzah b’peh — which is oral suctioning of blood off a baby’s penis after a ritual circumcision — while the ...
- New York Jewish Week
State stops covering Viagra, sex changes Sep 1, 2005
Cindy Tregilgas, a mother of two sons and a volunteer for NoCirc, the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, has lobbied the ...
- Grand Forks Herald
Ready for class action Sep 2, 2005
My five-year-old son has phimosis. We have seen a couple of urologists who recommended circumcision. ... Circumcision is readily suggested by some doctors. ...
- Times Online
Celebration of self-expression asks 'How Berkeley Can You Be?' Sep 26, 2005
...cannabis. Others protested circumcision and the war in Iraq. Food ranged from hot dogs to Ghanaian and Himalayan tidbits. People ...
- San Jose Mercury News
Health Scan: The kindest cut of all Sep 18, 2005
Pediatric urologists are always consulted in hospital emergency rooms when a circumcision leads to complications, the authors write. ...
- Jerusalem Post
30,000 infected with Aids as virus spreads Sep 27, 2005
...in Kapenguria Town, the coordinator said the biggest challenge in the fight against Aids were cultural practices such as female circumcision, wife inheritance ...
- Kenya's Daily Nation (subscription)
Blogging Baby Playdate: The week in review Sep 26, 2005
Keith McDuffee didn’t know what he was getting himself into (or did he??) when he asked what parents thought about circumcision. ...
- Blogging Baby
News In Brief Sep 25, 2005
A SOUTH African Aids expert advocated male circumcision as the best "vaccine" against the virus in his country, where six million people are infected and more ...
- Irish Independent
Life as an Army wife: one woman says kids, marriages in danger Sep 28, 2005
She spends some time describing how terrible the medical system is, even claiming that her baby was (maybe?) given Hepatitis C during his circumcision at a ...
- Blogging Baby
- By MJAkbar Sep 25, 2005
...unconsciously. The chairman of one session kept criticising female circumcision until I pointed out that its origins were African-tribal. ...
- The Asian Age
Advisory - Traditional kohl products contain lead Sep 28, 2005
...health product, kohl has many uses that vary among cultures, including: use as an aid in the healing of the infant umbilical cord stump, circumcision after-care ...
- CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse)
The Anti-Terror, Pro-Israel Sheikh Sep 28, 2005
Besides the above, the Sheikh gives his opinion on the recently nominated Pope, female circumcision in the Muslim world, President Bush’s policies and the ...
- Israel Hasbara Committee (subscription)
The Knitting Factory Sep 28, 2005
Quietly creepy troubadour Greg Ashley sings about lord knows what (Lead a pilgrim to the slaughter/Like a circumcision daughter) and rises to a falsetto so he ...
- East Bay Express
In a Jewish Manhattan milieu. Sep 26, 2005
...of aging urban Manhattan Jews that mixes the new - e-mail, Googling, miracle medical gizmos - with age-old tribal dilemmas about circumcision, graven images ...
- Philadelphia Inquirer
NYC says Monsey rabbi will stop circumcisions Sep 17, 2005
Fischer and the circumcision method came under scrutiny when a Manhattan newborn died of herpes in November, and his twin was diagnosed with the virus. ...
- The Journal News.com
Howl’s Moving Castle is a breath of fresh air Sep 26, 2005
This evil ritual, sometimes euphemistically titled “female circumcision� is combined with a lack of educational opportunities for girls. ...
- Student Direct
James Agee: Journalist, Critic, Novelist, Screenwriter Sep 28, 2005
...of a mother who not only made you quit Knoxville, Tenn., for a parochial school in the Cumberland sticks, but also came after you with circumcision scissors. ...
- DisInfo.com
Mucus Alert Sep 28, 2005
Schoen's new book On Circumcision (RDR, $16.95) is prose, but just as insistent: Shearing newborns' foreskins reduces the rates of urinary-tract infection ...
- East Bay Express
The invisible hijab Sep 28, 2005
It is women who perform female circumcision on six-year-olds, it is women who rationalise and justify their need to hide from the world. ...
- On Line opinion
Spirituality on campus Sep 25, 2005
The process would involve immersion in a pool of natural water, circumcision if you weren't circumcised and, most importantly, the acceptance of Jewish ...
- Student Life
Keep the River on Your Right- - Sep 26, 2005
...realms of the world--and an examination of the vast breadth of human cultures; for example, the documentarians cunningly juxtapose a ritual circumcision in New ...
- �客动力
IAS: Prevention is the new 'treatment' Sep 7, 2005
Secondly, the biggest single news story of the conference was the French INSERM randomised controlled study of male circumcision, which was found to reduce HIV ...
- Aidsmap
General News Sep 9, 2005
The imams stated in their declaration that circumcision is a cultural practice - not a religious one - and can and should be avoided, reported daily newspaper ...
- Danmark.dk
State stops paying for Viagra, sex-change surgery Aug 31, 2005
For several years, as a volunteer for NoCirc -- the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, she had lobbied the Legislature to stop ...
- Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
`Just So We Do Not Bring It Through The Public Domain` Sep 7, 2005
R. Eliezer (130a, Mishna) contends that not only does the act of circumcision itself take precedence over the Sabbath, but so do the machshirin — the ...
- Jewish Press
Three circumcised babies with herpes spark NY health probe Sep 7, 2005
...ritual circumcisers) from performing the Talmudic custom known as metzitzah b'peh (oral suction), in which blood is drawn from the circumcision wound to ...
- Ha'aretz (subscription)
Winterbottom's A Cock and Bull Story a movie about making movies Sep 19, 2005
Shandy scenes - his fumbled birth, when the doctor breaks his nose with a newfangled set of forceps, and his unfortunate and accidental circumcision as a boy. ...
- National Post
Israeli clerics convert 198 Mizo Sep 17, 2005
Avior Khawlhring, information secretary of Shavei Israel, said all the converts have undergone the necessary rituals, including circumcision. ...
- Times of India
No plans to drop ban on virginity testing Sep 13, 2005
...children's rights activist on Monday expressed support for Zwelithini's call, saying virginity testing was "not as invasive" as circumcision which received ...
- Independent Online
10 days at the movies Sep 18, 2005
...and-dance numbers (Tony Soprano sings!), a constant stream of raunchy dialogue and some bizarre plot detours (including adult circumcision and uncontrollable ...
- Miami Herald
On the road to Holy Land Sep 23, 2005
The religious conversion, which includes circumcision, follows the recognition of the Benei Menashes as one of the lost tribes of Israel by the chief rabbi of ...
- Calcutta Telegraph
Al Jazeera in English, coming to India Sep 20, 2005
Its youth channel is in the process of broadcasting a controversial programme on female genital circumcision featuring actual victims. ...
- Hindustan Times
Bloomberg Blurs Party Lines in Bid for Jewish Votes Sep 21, 2005
...has experienced some tensions with the Hasidic community in recent weeks, owing to a health-related controversy over an ultra-Orthodox circumcision practice. ...
- Forward
Virginity testing doesn't stop HIV/Aids spreading Sep 18, 2005
Virginity testing puts the onus on girls, while boys, at their circumcision initiation ceremony, are taught that manliness means having lots of sex, sexual ...
- The Mercury (subscription)
CanÕt we reverse the AIDS death sentence? Sep 19, 2005
Otherwise, condom promotion, mutual fidelity and abstinence; improved hygiene, male circumcision, female diaphragm and use of tenofovir alongside behavioural ...
- Daily Independent
198 Mizo Christians convert to Judaism: Sep 18, 2005
Information Secretary of the Shavei Israel Avior Khawlhring told UNI that the final converts have undergone all necessary rituals, including, circumcision. ...
- NewKerala.com
Louisville native has role expanded on 'Nip/Tuck' Sep 18, 2005
But with all the drama he faced in past seasons -- self-circumcision, girlfriends, sexually transmitted diseases, crime, family discord, paternity surprises ...
- Kentucky.com
'Nip/Tuck' star reflects on hometown Sep 19, 2005
Then he read the script, liked the character a lot and signed on. Matt is a surgeon's son who has practiced operations himself such as self-circumcision. ...
- Louisville Courier-Journal
Breakaway Somaliland intensifies Sep 19, 2005
...factors, namely; poor education, high mobility, the transfusion of unsafe blood and negative cultural practices, including female circumcision and commercial ...
- TODAYonline
Lemons could fight the spread of HIV Sep 18, 2005
His current research looks at the way male circumcision protects against HIV infection, as well as new ways of preventing the sexual transmission of HIV in men ...
- RxPG NEWS
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