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.

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 ...

Beyond physician preference and cosmetic outcome, pain is a discriminating variable when evaluating circumcision instruments. Three studies have evaluated circumcision associated pain with the use of ...

Then Salsbury picks up a Mogen clamp, a palm-size, stainless-steel device with two sharp edges that swing open and shut on a pivot. Salsbury calls it an “antique.” She pulls the baby’s foreskin up ...

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 ...

Circumcision involves the surgical removal of the prepuce, or foreskin, that covers the glans, or tip, of the penis. A physician, often the attending OB/GYN, performs the simple surgery the first or ...

One of the first things most little boys in the U.S. experience is something they'll never remember – circumcision – but that doesn't mean it isn't a painful experience. The debate over whether ...

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 ...