Circumcision probably won’t impact your son’s health, research shows, but a range of cultural and social factors deserve your consideration. Credit...Adam Maida Supported by By Susan Reslewic Keatley ...

Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin, the tissue covering the head (called the glans) of the penis. It's an ancient practice that has its origin in religious rites. Today, many parents ...

Oh boy. The question of whether to circumcise our sons has divided U.S. parents nearly in half, with one side insisting it makes smart medical sense and the other condemning the practice as barbaric.

An Israeli woman has been fined by a religious court for refusing to circumcise her infant son. The rabbinical court ruled last week that circumcision was for the child's welfare and that the woman ...

Circumcision of infant boys used to be pretty much routine in America, whether a child was Jewish or not. Then, since the American Medical Association declared the procedure elective, some parents are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When my son Henry was born, and the hospital urologist came to visit us at his bedside in the NICU, it took all my self-restraint ...

I was so anxious about the idea of circumcision that I actually hoped for a girl. I didn’t get a girl. I got two beautiful boys instead, and therefore had to make the decision twice. Though our sons ...