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Obstetric care and proneness of offspring to suicide as adults

by Jacobson and Bygdeman, British Medical Journal - Article investigates long term effects of traumatic birth and obstetric procedures in relation to suicide by violent means as adults.

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7169/1346

PageRank: 0/10

Phimosis: Is Circumcision Necessary?

Being the most traditional treatment, now it is not the only management option, the best of which appears to be topical steroid application

http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/dewan/

PageRank: 4/10

Psychological Impact of Circumcision

by R. Goldman - BJU International (1 Jan 1999) Report concludes that there is strong evidence that circumcision is overwhelmingly painful, traumatic and produces physical and sexual loss.

http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/goldman1/

PageRank: 4/10

Study shows circumcised boys are prone to penis problems

Sex And Health (Mar 1998) Circumcised toddlers require more care and are far more likely to develop penis problems than their intact counterparts.

http://www.cirp.org/news/1998.03:SexHealth

PageRank: 0/10

The Case Against Circumcision

Article by Warren and Bigelow in the British Journal of Sexual Medicine. Reported on the importance of the foreskin in sexual relations.

http://www.cirp.org/CIRP/library/general/warren2/

PageRank: 4/10

The Fate Of The Foreskin: A Study Of Circumcision

By Douglas Gairdner, British Medical Journal (Dec 1949)

http://www.cirp.org/library/general/gairdner/

PageRank: 5/10

The maligned foreskin has won a clean bill of health in infants' urinary tract infections.

Physicians Weekly (22 Dec 1997) - Seek elsewhere for infant's UTI's

http://www.physweekly.com/archive/97/12_22_97/cu2.html

PageRank: 0/10

The prepuce: Specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision

by J.R. Taylor, A.P. Lockwood and A.J. Taylor, British Journal of Urology. - Objective of the research was to assess the type and amount of tissue missing from the adult circumcised penis.

http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taylor/

PageRank: 5/10

The unkindest cut of all?

The Irish Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons report explains misguided medical rationales for circumcision.

http://www.cirp.org/library/general/rickwood/

PageRank: 3/10

Topical anesthesia for circumcision - Warning

1996 Physicians Desk Reference - EMLA Cream is not recommended for use prior to circumcision in pediatric patients.

http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/EMLA/

PageRank: 4/10

Whither the Foreskin?

By N. Preston - This article heavily influenced the American Academy of Pediatrics, which declared in 1971 that there is no medical indication for circumcision in the neonatal period.

http://www.cirp.org/library/general/preston/

PageRank: 4/10