According to the World Health Organisation, research shows that circumcising newborn boys has more health benefits than risks, and these benefits are strong enough to support making the procedure ...

The protection offered by circumcision against urinary tract infections (UTIs) in infancy has been well documented and emphasized in the most recent recommendations for circumcision by the American ...

Draft federal recommendations don't usually raise eyebrows, but this one certainly will — that males of all ages, including teenage boys, should be counseled on the health benefits of circumcision. In ...

Dr Anthony Kuug, Head of the Department of Midwifery at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), has called for ...

Medically reviewed by Jamin Brahmbhatt, MD Key Takeaways Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin of the ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Remember how young boys at the age of puberty are subject to a crude method of circumcision in the province as a rite of passage from childhood into manhood? Conducted for free ...

Without social pressure, most people give little thought to male circumcision. This simple surgical procedure removes the foreskin, a hood of skin covering the head of the resting (flaccid) penis. But ...