Agnes Binagwahois the Minister of Health of the Republic of Rwanda and recipient of an honorary PhD in sciences from Dartmouth University for her lifetime achievement in treating and preventing AIDS.

Dubbed the world’s “oldest planned surgical procedure” by 20th century anthropologist Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, circumcision’s roots can be traced to religious and cultural traditions dating back ...

J.H. Kellogg, cereal mogul, believed circumcision was a sure-fire cure for masturbation—particularly if the surgery was performed without chloroform so the boy could feel it. In the 1870s, his and ...

Without social pressure, most people give little thought to male circumcision. This simple surgical procedure removes the foreskin, a hood of skin covering the head of the resting (flaccid) penis. But ...