Scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of male circumcision—surgical removal of the foreskin from the penis—dates back hundreds of years to observations made by physicians of their ...

Despite the 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement indicating that routine neonatal circumcision is not medically necessary, circumcision continues to be the most frequently ...

Boys are usually born with a foreskin that covers the head of the penis. Circumcision is an elective, surgical procedure that removes this foreskin. While males can undergo a full or partial ...

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% ...