Amasanti and colleagues consider female genital mutilation in the UK, how overly intrusive efforts to help might make the problem worse, and how best to move forwards.

In Zambia, circumcision is traditionally practiced on a large scale only in North-Western Province, an area with one of the lowest HIV rates in Zambia. Few ethnic groups in Zambia conduct male circumcision as a part of religious and cultural practices. The Luvale and Lunda of Northwestern Province practice traditional universal male circumcision, though there are small groups who also practice ...

BACKGROUND Interferon has been widely used in the treatment of genital warts for its immunomodulatory, antiproliferative and antiviral properties. Currently, no evidence that interferon improves the complete response rate or reduces the recurrence rate of genital warts has been generally provided. The aim of this review is to assess, from randomized control trials (RCTs), the efficacy and safet...

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BACKGROUND Only few longitudinal studies on the course of asthma among adults have been carried out. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present prospective study, carried out between 2000 and 2009 in Italy, is to assess asthma remission and control in adults with asthma, as well as their determinants. METHODS All the subjects with current asthma (21-47 years) identified in 2000 in the Italian Study o...

OBJECTIVES To examine the effect of patient-defined non-regular heterosexual relationships on the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and other genital infections in women and the role of condom use in the prevention of their spread. DESIGN A cross-sectional study of sexual behaviour reported by a standardised self-administered questionnaire in new patients who presented for screening ...

Four hundred and seventy eight (478) individuals who exhibited some manifestation of chronic and debilitating illness including persistent cough, skin cancer and dermatitis, multiple lymph adenitis, diarrhea and enteritis, genital sore, urethritis, vaginitis and weight loss, were examined to establish relationships between human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) and digestive tract pathoge...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Genital wart is the most common sexually transmitted disease worldwide. Sexual risk factors and sexual behavior pattern may be different in various countries. In this study, we tried to evaluate demographic information and some sexual behaviors and risk factors in Iranian patients with genital warts. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 250 patients with anogenital ...