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 ...

I was living in Berlin when I found out that I was pregnant. My doctor there, a very exuberant Chilean woman, was doing an ultrasound around 14-weeks when she suddenly paused near the baby’s abdomen. ...

Circumcision rates have declined significantly in the United States, driven in part by parents' distrust of medical advice, a new study says. Circumcision of newborn boys declined from 54% to 49% ...

Male circumcision is the surgical removal of some or all of the foreskin (or prepuce) from the penis. The origins of circumcision are unknown, and probably predate written history, but the practice is ...

Boys born in the West are more likely to skip circumcision than they are to have the once common procedure. It's a dramatic change over the past 32 years. Back in 1979, about two-thirds of boys out ...

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(AP) -- Circumcision, which has helped prevent AIDS among heterosexual men in Africa, doesn't help protect gay men from the virus, according to the largest U.S. study to look at the question. The ...