My 3-and-a-half-year-old son sleeps. He slumbers peacefully in dreamland. When I hear him call my name, I go to him. He can trust that I am here. Another little one — just a year older than my son — slumbers … Read More
American courts should follow Israel’s lead in case of boy facing circumcision Rebecca Wald The Jerusalem Post, Mar. 18, 2015 Also available on the Jerusalem Post website A rabbi holds an eight-day-old baby during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels, August … Read More
Judge orders West Boynton mom’s arrest in circumcision case Marc Freeman SunSentinel, Mar. 10, 2015 Also available on the SunSentinel website But Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Dana Gillen still signed a warrant for Heather Hironimus’ arrest, refusing requests … Read More
2/5 (1) Also available here: https://urology.ucsf.edu/patient-care/children/phimosis What is Phimosis? Phimosis is defined as the inability to retract the skin (foreskin or prepuce) covering the head (glans) of the penis. Phimosis may appear as a tight ring or “rubber band” of foreskin … Read More
4/5 (1) Protect (All) Your Boys from Early Trauma Beware the move afoot to encourage harm of your boys Post published by Darcia Narvaez Ph.D. on Jan 06, 2015 It sounds like a conspiracy. The government is about to officially sanction intentional harming of … Read More
Author: Carlos A Angel, MD; Chief Editor: Marc Cendron, MD Background Genital disorders are commonly encountered in the office of the primary care physician.[1] Meatal stenosis is a relatively common acquired condition occurring in 9-10% of males who are circumcised. … Read More
Also available at: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/133/3/e624.full Epidemiology of Male Genital Abnormalities: A Population Study Shaw Wan, MD, FACS, Yunchao Wang, MB, and Shuijun Gu, MB +Author Affiliations First People’s Hospital of Xiaoshan, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Next Section ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: We conducted … Read More
3.33/5 (3) Also available at: http://oregonintactivist.com/circumcision-stories/oregon-intactivist/ Oregon Intactivist I was 15 when I had to have surgery and while I was under the doctor circumcised me, because it’s “cleaner” and all the other false reasons they give. When I woke up, I immediately threw up from … Read More
Complications of Traditional Circumcision Amongst Young Xhosa Males Seen at St. Lucy’s Hospital, Tsolo, Eastern Cape, South Africa Anike, U., Govender, I., Ndimande, J.V., Tumbo, J. African Journal of Primary Healthcare and Family Medicine, Vol. 5, No. 1 (May, 2013). … Read More
Also available here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18455770 Urology. 2008 Jul;72(1):68-71. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.02.030. Epub 2008 May 2. The efficacy of topical betamethasone for treating phimosis: a comparison of two treatment regimens. Palmer LS1, Palmer JS. Author information Abstract OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy of two … Read More