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 ...

Circumcision involves the surgical removal of the prepuce, or foreskin, that covers the glans, or tip, of the penis. A physician, often the attending OB/GYN, performs the simple surgery the first or ...

For decades, circumcising infant boys has been relatively common practice in the US, with the procedure performed on 58.3 percent of newborn baby boys as of 2010, according to the Center for Disease ...

CHICAGO — The nation's most influential pediatricians group says the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks and insurance companies should pay for it. In its latest policy ...

One of the first things most little boys in the US 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 ...