U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports having the procedure done despite opposition from advocates who ...

The nation's most influential pediatricians group says the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks and insurance companies should pay for it. In its latest policy statement ...

Whether a family decides to circumcise a newborn son depends upon a host of complicated issues -- cultural and personal. But now, the case for circumcision seems medically stronger. The American ...

Circumcision during infancy has a low rate of complications, but the risk becomes much higher as boys get older, a new study reports. American researchers analyzed data from 1.4 million boys who ...

This explainer looks at adult circumcision, why some men choose the procedure, what recovery involves, and how it may affect ...