Circumcision is a surgical procedure to remove the penile foreskin — the retractable fold of skin that covers the tip of the penis (glans penis). Circumcision of newborns is fairly common in the ...

A report describing female circumcision, written by a woman who underwent the procedure as a child, was filed in federal court last month by a defense lawyer representing one of three Detroit-area ...

Circumcision drastically alters the microbiome of the penis, changes that could explain why circumcision offers protection against HIV and other viral infections. In a study to be published on April ...

Despite male circumcision being relatively common, it's not something people usually talk openly about. But when a grieving mother explained how her son killed himself after being circumcised, it ...

The practice of circumcision is one of the great mysteries of Judaism. A ritual of immense antiquity, and already common throughout the Near East when Judaism first emerged from its pagan origins, it ...