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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CN) – A defective penile-circumcision clamp caused the tip of a 7-day-old infant’s penis to be amputated, his mother claims in court. Though the mother identifies herself and ...

Circumcision is a surgical operation to remove the foreskin of the penis. An adult may decide to undergo this procedure for religious, cosmetic, medical, or cultural reasons. Circumcision is fairly ...

NASHUA – Like all parents, “Mary Doe” and her husband were at once elated and exhausted in the hours after they welcomed their first child into the world in late June 2015. The couple, former Nashua ...

Circumcision is the surgical removal of foreskin. Foreskin covers the head of a flaccid penis. When the penis is erect, the foreskin pulls back to reveal the penis. During a circumcision, a doctor ...

An American father adopts an Asian daughter. He loves her just the way she is, except for her eyes. They make her look sleepy. So he, a plastic surgeon himself, arranges for a blepharoplasty, minimal ...

In February, the World Health Organization estimated that 3 million girls worldwide are circumcised every year. Approximately 100 to 140 million females are living with genital mutilation. Mainly ...

October 12, 2006 (Atlanta) — Sutureless circumcision with 2-octyl cyanoacrylate (2-OCA, Dermabond) appears to be a safe and cosmetically appealing alternative to standard suturing, according to the ...

That's a question parents consider before the mother gives birth to a son. But in Siouxland, the answer doesn't require much debate. "Most parents have made up their minds before you even discuss it ...

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.

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 ...