Circumcision can be an emotionally-charged topic for parents of newborns, but for most families in Nunavut, it's simply not an option. Circumcision — the removal of the foreskin of the penis — is no ...

Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways Circumcision can make cleaning the penis easier and reduce certain ...

Hispanics are largely considered to be responsible for the decline in circumcisions in the United States, primarily because the Hispanic population is growing rapidly and is less likely to have baby ...

The choice of whether to circumcise one’s son—a decision both aided and hindered by a deluge of readily available information on the Internet—is an increasingly fraught one for parents. A quick Google ...

The “intactivists” — anti-circumcision people who are trying to get the practice outlawed in the U.S. and elsewhere — claim that cutting off an infant’s foreskin reduces his capacity for sexual ...

Discover the health advantages of male circumcision, as evidence suggests significant preventive health benefits against infections and HIV. For the past seven years, I’ve been in an “interpenile ...

Just days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued draft recommendations on male circumcision asserting that the health benefits outweigh the risks, more than 300 comments (and ...

Aug. 27, 2012 -- The nation’s pediatricians are changing their stance on male circumcision, again. This time, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says they want parents to know that the benefits ...

The problem with medical advances is that, eventually, they become a victim of their own success. This is one of the reasons why the anti-vaccine movement has traction; people focus on the dangers of ...