The current position of the American Academy of Pediatrics is that in the United States, the available evidence suggests that the benefits of elective newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks.

A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is likely to throw fuel on the fiery controversy surrounding male infant circumcision. The AAP's statement touts the medical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Circumcisions are sometimes performed as part of religious rituals using specific faith traditions. However, many parents have a ...

Beyond physician preference and cosmetic outcome, pain is a discriminating variable when evaluating circumcision instruments. Three studies have evaluated circumcision associated pain with the use of ...

Circumcision is a surgical procedure to remove the penile foreskin — the retractable fold of skin that covers the tip of the penis (glans penis). Circumcision of newborns is fairly common in the ...

Isaac is cradled in his grandfather’s arms. In the space of a few minutes, the Orthodox ritual circumciser, or mohel, separates the foreskin from the head of Isaac’s penis, pulls the skin forward and ...

One of the first things most little boys in the U.S. experience is something they'll never remember – circumcision – but that doesn't mean it isn't a painful experience. The debate over whether ...

Male circumcision is considered the oldest, most frequently performed surgery in the world, yet it remains controversial. According to Dr. Greg Marchand, an ob-gyn at the Marchand Institute for ...