Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways Circumcision can make cleaning the penis easier and reduce certain ...

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 ...

Whether or not parents choose to circumcise their infant sons, there will always be a small group of men who want what they don’t have. Dr. Christopher Saigal, an associate professor of urology at the ...

Male circumcision offers a degree of protection against genital herpes and human papillomavirus infections, scientists report in the March 26 New England Journal of Medicine. Previous research shows ...

There's a lot of hype about how circumcision is better for a man's health. But is it really? Here is Part 2 of our series on myths about circumcision. NOTE: Primary author is Lillian Dell'Aquila ...

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U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports having the procedure done and health insurers should pay for it.

A Forward analysis of government data shows that 87% of the baby boys born in West Virginia were circumcised in 2009. Two thousand miles west, in Nevada, the procedure was performed on only 12% of ...

Through searching electronic databases and contacting authors, we identified 13 studies from nine countries that include investigation of the acceptability of MC in traditionally non-circumcising ...

In an episode of “Sex and the City,” Charlotte’s newly-circumcised boyfriend gives the following assessment of the pain of adult circumcision: “On a scale of one to five, I’d give it a 72.” To get a ...