Six jailed members of a lucrative “human butchery” enterprise can challenge the length of their sentences, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Mastermind Marius Gustavson and his acolytes carried out male ...

Voluntary medical male circumcision is one of the most important ways to reduce new HIV infections. The foreskin contains receptors that the HIV virus can attach to, and removing it reduces HIV ...

Human bones preserve evidence of injuries, violence, medical intervention, and intentional body modification. Cut marks, healed fractures, cranial shaping, and dental alteration allow osteologists to ...

Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practiced but illegal procedure up for review before the ...

An extreme body modification fan - who 'looks like a jumbled Christmas tree' after inking her eyeballs and implanting skulls into her hands - revealed the 'brutal' reaction she gets from strangers.