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Circumcision Defined
(from Latin, "to cut around"). The minor surgical removal of the skin covering the tip of the penis. In Judaism, it is ritually performed when a boy is eight days old in a ceremony called brit milah,which indicates that the ritual establishes a covenant between God and the individual. In Islam, it is performed at any time up to the age of puberty, depending on the cultural tradition (e.g., birth, 7 years, puberty, etc.). See also baptism.
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Genders Unite to Promote Genital Autonomy
Published September 5, 2008, 6:50 am, PRWeb via Yahoo! News
International organizations gather at the Genital Integrity 2008 symposium on September 4th, Keele University, England, to launch a new campaign promoting the right of all men and women to say no to unnecessary genital surgery.
Reflections on the Year of St. Paul
Published September 5, 2008, 6:30 am, Republican-American
When I told a friend that I had named my son after St. Paul, she had an arch reaction.
Convocations set forth challenges
Published September 4, 2008, 1:49 pm, BPNews.net
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Following tradition, Southern Baptist seminary convocations marked the start of another academic semester, with a challenge to advance the Gospel set forth in each convocation.
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Published September 2, 2008, 6:23 pm, Miami Herald
Shawn Ryan wasn't sure which surprised him more: that somebody wanted to make his insane cop-show script -- full of four-letter words, racist rants, unspeakable violence and profoundly anti-social behavior -- into a TV show or that the interest was coming from an obscure little cable channel devoted almost exclusively to reruns of desiccated old 1970s programs.
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Published September 2, 2008, 2:58 pm, Philippine Daily Inquirer
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s latest flip-flopping on Mindanao has been reckless, to say the least.
Image Quiz
Published September 2, 2008, 11:47 am, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
A sixteen-year-old boy with hemophilia presented to the Khartoum Teaching Hospital with an open wound on the volar surface of the distal part of the left forearm (Fig. 1).
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Thu Sep 4
- Reuters: Circumcision problems impair HIV prevention: study: African health workers need more training and better tools to circumcise men and boys safely for HIV prevention, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) study chronicling "shocking " rates of complications
- RELIGION: Religious circumcision needs child consent, charity says: I agree. Mutilating your child's penis, even in a socially accepted common fashion, is morally repugnant and an abuse of that person's free choice. You lose nerve endings, sex doesn't feel as good, and takes longer. It should be an informed choice made only by the individual. HEAR THAT PARENTS?
- IRIN In-Depth | Southern Africa | Zambia | ZAMBIA: Government forges ahead with mass male circumcision plans | HIV/AIDS (PlusNews) | In-Depth
- On Social Marketing and Social Change: Obesity, HIV and Male Circumcision
Wed Sep 3
- The XVIIth International AIDS Conference | The battle against AIDS is becoming a war of attrition. Which side is on top is not yet clear: There is no cure for AIDS and no prospect of a vaccine; however, AIDS related deaths have started to slow. It has now been shown that circumcision reduces the rate of transmission of the virus by 50 to 60%.
- Healthy Strokes - Masturbation and More: Diagram of 3 different penises
- Anatomy of the Penis and Mechanics of Intercourse: Circumcision Information Resource Pages
Mon Sep 1
- (Full-Version) Routine Infant Circumcision with Doctor's Before & After Talks
- CIRCUMCISION IN HEMOPHILIA: This article discusses the unique problems and complications faced in cases of circumcision on hemophiliac infant boys.
Sun Aug 31
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