Circumcision
Circumcision best for your baby, study finds
Circumcision has fallen from favour in Australia recent years but a new study suggests it could help protect baby boys from an array of diseases and infections. The surgical removal of the foreskin of newborn boys has been fiercely debated among parents and medical professionals for decades. Until recently, popular opinion deemed circumcision at best […]
Circumcision: To cut or not to cut?
The debate over circumcision is heating up, with new evidence showing it might prevent disease, writes Jordan Baker. Professor Andrew Li circumcises men. About half his patients seek the procedure for medical reasons (infections, pain) and the rest for “personal” — mostly cosmetic — ones. Of the latter, many are marched to the surgery by […]