Although Australian medical authorities have given a firm thumbs down to routine (prophylactic) circumcision of male infants and boys, the practice persists among a shrinking minority of parents. They ...

The boy’s younger brother was also rushed to intensive care after the same procedure at a private clinic in Perth, Australia. News Editor A 2-year-old boy has died while undergoing circumcision at a ...

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians recognises that there are differing medical and non-medical opinions on aspects of circumcision. Physicians say the level of protection offered by ...

A leading researcher is calling for public hospitals to provide all baby boys with the option of circumcision, saying the benefits far outweigh the risks. The protection boys get from circumcision ...

“And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised”, thundered the Old Testament. But now a group of men are quite snippy about the procedure, as Tory Shepherd reports. Circumcision ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Doctors are calling for greater regulation and Western Australia’s Health Department says it will ...

An anti-circumcision policy deterring the procedure on infant boys in Australia should be reversed to counter HIV infections among heterosexuals, researchers said. The Royal Australasian College of ...