circumcision http://www.npr.org circumcision en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:36:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif circumcision http://www.npr.org German Lawmakers Move To Quell Uproar Over Circumcision A German regional court effectively banned circumcision this summer after ruling that the ancient practice amounts to assault. That fueled accusations of religious intolerance in a country still haunted by its Nazi past. Now lawmakers are pushing through a bill to make circumcision legal. Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:36:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/19/163268294/german-lawmakers-move-to-quell-uproar-over-circumcision?ft=1&f=148463597 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/19/163268294/german-lawmakers-move-to-quell-uproar-over-circumcision?ft=1&f=148463597 A German regional court effectively banned circumcision this summer after ruling that the ancient practice amounts to assault. That fueled accusations of religious intolerance in a country still haunted by its Nazi past. Now lawmakers are pushing through a bill to make circumcision legal.

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]]> Infection Risk Prompts New York City To Regulate Ritual Circumcision The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously today in favor of a new regulation that would require parents of young boys who undergo ritual circumcisions involving "direct oral suction" to sign a consent form first. The practice has been linked to serious herpes infections. Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:23:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/09/13/161090206/infection-risk-prompts-new-york-city-to-regulate-ritual-circumcision?ft=1&f=148463597 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/09/13/161090206/infection-risk-prompts-new-york-city-to-regulate-ritual-circumcision?ft=1&f=148463597 The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously today in favor of a new regulation that would require parents of young boys who undergo ritual circumcisions involving "direct oral suction" to sign a consent form first. The practice has been linked to serious herpes infections.

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]]> Pediatricians Decide Boys Are Better Off Circumcised Than Not A doctors group has revised its recommendation after concluding that circumcision helps protect the health of baby boys. Circumcised males are far less likely to get infected with a long list of sexually transmitted diseases, they say. But critics of the procedure are still not convinced. Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:01:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/08/27/159955340/pediatricians-decide-boys-are-better-off-circumcised-than-not?ft=1&f=148463597 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/08/27/159955340/pediatricians-decide-boys-are-better-off-circumcised-than-not?ft=1&f=148463597 A doctors group has revised its recommendation after concluding that circumcision helps protect the health of baby boys. Circumcised males are far less likely to get infected with a long list of sexually transmitted diseases, they say. But critics of the procedure are still not convinced.

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]]> Decline In Circumcisions Could Prove Costly Over the past two decades, circumcision rates in the U.S. have fallen to 55 percent from a peak of about 79 percent. A new analysis from Johns Hopkins researchers suggests the decline will add to health care costs. Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:11:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/08/20/159389031/decline-in-circumcision-could-prove-costly?ft=1&f=148463597 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/08/20/159389031/decline-in-circumcision-could-prove-costly?ft=1&f=148463597 Over the past two decades, circumcision rates in the U.S. have fallen to 55 percent from a peak of about 79 percent. A new analysis from Johns Hopkins researchers suggests the decline will add to health care costs.

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]]> Circumcision May Lower Risk For Prostate Cancer Researchers found a 15 percent lower risk of prostate cancer among circumcised men than those who hadn't been circumcised. But the study doesn't prove that circumcision would work, though there're some reason to think it might. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:21:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/03/12/148450933/circumcision-may-reduce-risk-for-prostate-cancer?ft=1&f=148463597 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/03/12/148450933/circumcision-may-reduce-risk-for-prostate-cancer?ft=1&f=148463597 Researchers found a 15 percent lower risk of prostate cancer among circumcised men than those who hadn't been circumcised. But the study doesn't prove that circumcision would work, though there're some reason to think it might.

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