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- Circumcision: A Medical or a Human Rights Issue? By Marilyn Fayre Milos, RN, and Donna Macris, CNM, MSN Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, March/April 1992. A fact filled report covering all aspects of circumcision.
- British Medical Journal -1996 rebuttal of flawed 1932 report linking circumcision and cancer The 1932 report is the origin of the "circumcision prevents cancer myth". Modern day researchers trace the history of this medical myth and present the current facts.
- Circumcision and the Code of Ethics by George C. Denniston, MD, MPH - Humane Health International, April 1996.
- Factors in the cycle of violence by Jim Hopper PhD -- If circumcision is sexual child abuse, how does that affect the male when he grows up? The sexual abuse of boys and its lasting effects in the lives of men. How and why some abused boys become violent men.
- Long Term Consequences of Neonatal Circumcision: A Preliminary Poll of Circumcised Males
- Health Education - Circumcision CV Hospital - Ontario Canada - There appears to be no medical reasons for circumcision of an infant.
- Look at These Hands By Mary Conant, R.N., Statement to the press May 25, 1994, Third International Symposium on Circumcision, University of Maryland. -- These hands have taken a newborn baby from his mother's safe warm breast and his father's sheltering arms, and these hands have tied this baby to a cold hard platter and served him up to the circumciser.
- Babies Don't Feel Pain: A Century of Denial in Medicine by David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D. - 1991
- The Mother of all Circumcision Posts List of Quotes from medical sources by an anonymous author.
- Ask NOAH About: PenileCancer New York Online Access to Health - CancerNet: National Cancer Institute
- Pain and tissue injury in newborns alters nerve circuitry and reaction to pain later in life NIH report indicates that newborns who experience tissue injury and pain during critical periods of development may undergo a permanent rewiring of their nervous system that increases their sensitivity to pain later in life.
- Penile cancer, cervical cancer and circumcision - The Myth is Exposed History - Penile cancer - Cervical cancer in partners - References
- The Virtual Journal - Circumcision This site (since 1996) by Robert S. Van Howe MD, FAAP, is the first peerÂreviewed medical journal appearing exclusively in virtual format. Technical reports - Reviews - Abstracts - Analysis of current research.
- Dr Dean Edell Talk show host - Circumcision Conditions Center at Health Central - We've selected the best resources on this topic all in one place.
- An Iatrogenic Epidemic by George Denniston, M.D. - Circumcision in the United States is an epidemic caused by doctors, in other words, an iatrogenic epidemic. Iatrogenic comes from the Greek and simply means "caused by doctors." Many people think doctors use obscure words to try to avoid having other people not know what is going on. I am inclined to concur with them.
- Circumcision: Male-Effects Upon Human Sexuality Human Sexuality: an Encyclopedia 1994
- EMLA Cream is not recommended for use prior to circumcision in pediatric patients. FDA - February 4, 1998
- Midwife Archives - Circumcision General Information - Recent Papers on Circumcision - Circumcision Complications - Birth Professionals and Circumcision - An OB Comments on the Pain of Circumcision - Circumcision and Religious Issues
- Dr. Greene's HouseCalls Advice from a pediatrician for parents considering circumcision for a son. I now understand that had I waited, they would have been able to make this decision for themselves when they were older
- Informed Consent for Medically Necessary Circumcision Eileen Marie Wayne, M.D. -- Definition - Erogenous function of the Foreskin - Reasons for Medically Necessary Circumcisions - Reasons for Medically Unnecessary Circumcisions - Anatomy - Procedure Description - Curable Foreskin Conditions - Risks of Circumcision - Outcome - Decision - Documentation and Permission
- Potential for Injury from Circumcision Clamps U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning about circumcision clamps. 29 Aug 2000
- Circumcision: A Riddle of American Culture by Reed D. Riner, Ph.D. - Circumcision is considered, because of its continued prescription in spite of substantial objective evidence for its contraindication, as a riddle of American culture.
- British Association of Paediatric Surgeons Male ritual circumcision is required in certain religious and cultural groups and decisions concerning the performing the procedure must lie with society. It is the majority opinion that the practice should be discouraged by education.
- EMLA Cream - A Helpful Warning to Parents The AAP stated that circumcision, if performed, should be done with the use of anesthesia, including a cream called EMLA. However, according to the EMLA website and the FDA Medwatch site, this cream is NOT recommended for use prior to circumcision of an infant.
- Circumcision Consent Form by pediatrician Dr. Robert Van Howe
- Circumcision: What the Medical Profession is REALLY Saying! Quotes and Position Statements from Authors, Physicians, Journals, Associations and Organizations
- The Birth of Pain MRC News (London) - Summer 1998 - Pain has been a puzzle for many years. Now researchers are discovering that babies have quite different pain mechanisms to adults. -- "Reports in clinical and psychological literature indicate early injury or trauma can have long-term consequences on sensory or pain behavior that extend into childhood and beyond."
- Summary of evidence - Foreskin and lysozyme may protect against HIV infection By George Hill
- Circumcision and Psychological Harm by Dr Janet Menage, MA, MB, ChB.
- Infants Feel and Remember Circumcision Pain - Study Doctor's Guide Medical and Other News
- Ouch! Circumcision is no picnic. Parkhurst Exchange Questions & Answers in Pediatrics - "many people would claim that the best analgesic for this questionable procedure is not to do one in the first place."
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