With the recent endorsement by the World Health Organization (WHO) and scientists worldwide of adult male circumcision as an important strategy for HIV prevention, there is increased urgency to ...

I’m hardly a medical device expert. So I felt a bit uncomfortable Tuesday sitting on a panel of venture capitalists and engineers judging the “Three-in-Five” competition at the University of Minnesota ...

A device invented by Jianzhong Shang, a Chinese inventor from Wuhu City, is poised to become not only a new generation mohel-assist device, but a major medgadget in the world wide fight to prevent HIV ...

June 24, 2015 -- Washington, DC -- The ShangRing, a novel medical device for voluntary medical male circumcision, has received prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for use. The ...

In situ device (ISD) and circular disposable device (CDD) are used for optimizing male circumcision (MC), but evidence to explore the characteristics of these two devices is insufficient. In order to ...

The study by Bocchino et al. [1] provides a timely comparative analysis of two disposable circumcision suture devices (DCSDs), CircCurer™ and ZSR®, in adult males with phimosis. As the first ...

It’s a lofty, but vital goal. Africa wants to circumcise 20 million men by 2015 to help curb the AIDS epidemic plaguing the continent. Studies show that the procedure is one of the most effective ...

> Researchers are reporting positive safety results for the Shang Ring, a male circumcision device under development to increase access to the procedure in AIDS-affected parts of Africa. The tech's ...

Medical experts have introduced a device that makes male circumcision painless, cheaper and faster. With it, it takes eight minutes, not 25, to circumcise. This means older people who feared ...

China wants a bigger slice of the global health market and it has a new tactic for getting it: circumcision. The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that it has approved the quality and ...