Ring Block Improves Analgesia for Newborn Circumcision Ring Block Improves Analgesia for Newborn Circumcision
Ring block, EMLA cream, and sucrose were most effective compared with other analgesic combinations at relieving circumcision pain in neonates.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
'No-consent' circumcision doctor will not be prosecuted
A doctor who circumcised a boy without his mother's consent will not be prosecuted. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Malawi:Dedza Men Embrace Medical Circumcision
[Malawi News Agency] Dedza -Dedza District Health Office (DHO) has expressed satisfaction with numbers of men turning up in its health facilities to seek voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) services. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 6, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: 17 School Boys in Botched Circumcision Operations
[New Zimbabwe] At least 17 boys of school going-age in Goromonzi were recently forced to seek urgent medical attention after an unknown organisation circumcised and abandoned them. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 7, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe:17 School Boys in Botched Circumcision Operations
[New Zimbabwe] At least 17 boys of school going-age in Goromonzi were recently forced to seek urgent medical attention after an unknown organisation circumcised and abandoned them. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - October 7, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Gambia: Former Circumcizer Explains Reasons for Chucking Up Circumcision
[Foroyaa] Former circumciser and FGM practitioner, Aja Babung Sidibeh Diab, asserted that she has stopped the inhumane practice of FGM, because she observed it caused more harm than good to women and girls. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 6, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Men Still Avoiding Circumcision in Ntcheu
[Malawi News Agency] Ntcheu -A recent voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) campaign conducted in Ntcheu has revealed that men still shun the service despite deliberate efforts to reach them. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 28, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Successful Penile Transplant After Penis Amputation Complicating Ritual Circumcision Successful Penile Transplant After Penis Amputation Complicating Ritual Circumcision
Penile transplantation restored normal functions in a young South African man who required penis amputation when gangrene developed after ritual circumcision.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Uganda: Stepping Up Male Circumcision to Fight HIV
[Deutsche Welle] Male circumcision is said to reduce a man's risk of contracting HIV by 60 percent. Uganda is making an effort to revive these procedures, which recently went into decline. Frank Yiga reports from Kampala. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 16, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Stepping up Male Circumcision to Fight HIV
[Deutsche Welle] Male circumcision is said to reduce a man's risk of contracting HIV by 60% Uganda is making an effort to revive this procedures, which went into decline because of a lack of equipment. Frank Yiga reports from Kampala. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 14, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Male Circumcision Protects Women from HIV (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Risk of contracting infections reduced among women partners (Source: MedPage Today State Required CME)
Source: MedPage Today State Required CME - July 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When Jewish Parents Decide Not to Circumcise
If parents skip the bris, can a son still be Jewish? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ZOE GREENBERG Tags: Circumcision Jews and Judaism Babies and Infants Parenting Religion and Belief Source Type: news
Cutting Out the Bris
For parents who choose not to circumcise, can a son still be Jewish? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ZOE GREENBERG Tags: Circumcision Jews and Judaism Babies and Infants Parenting Religion and Belief Source Type: news
Namibia: Schools Awarded Certificates of Circumcision
[Namibian] THE Omagongati Combined and Olukolo Primary schools in Oshana region have been awarded certificates of appreciation after they recorded the highest number of boys circumcised in the region last month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
How Common Are STIs?
Discussion
Of the 30 different microbes which can be transmitted by sexual contact, 8 have the greatest incidence of transmitting disease. Four are curable (Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis and Trichomoniasis) and 4 are incurable at present (Hepatitis B, Herpes simplex virus (HSV), Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Human papillomavirus (HPV)).
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are important as they can cause:
Increased rates of acquisition of other STIs (ie HSV and syphilis increase the rate of HIV infection acquisition)
Pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility
Stillbirth and neonatal death
Neonatal morbidity i...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 17, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
