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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

American Circumcision, a documentary just released on Netflix that fires a double-barrelled blast at the procedure, opens with close-ups of an infant being wheeled into a large operating theater with ...

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 ...

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 ...

No matter who performs a circumcision—an obstetrician at the hospital, or a mohel at a bris—the operation is more or less the same every time. So how does it work? First comes anesthetic, at least in ...

The story of a female genital mutilation case in Detroit has prompted lots of questions from our viewers on what this procedure actually is and how it compares to circumcision in males. So, we set out ...

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 ...

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 ...