Dubbed the world’s “oldest planned surgical procedure” by 20th century anthropologist Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, circumcision’s roots can be traced to religious and cultural traditions dating back ...

Standing outside of Centura Health Primary Care in Thornton on April 6, two men dressed in all-white garb – except for a large, blood-red mark on the crotch of their pants – faced traffic and held a ...

It’s too early to tell whether Andrew Yang will make the cut — so to speak — for the 2020 Democratic presidential bid, but the New York businessman is being hailed as the first U.S. presidential ...

San Francisco could not ban circumcision of children under new state legislation proposed this month in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 768 would apply to any city or county government but was introduced ...

Paediatric or adult male circumcision is a common procedure worldwide, performed to address conditions such as phimosis, or to reduce the risks of penile cancer and transmission of HIV. A surgical ...

Clitoridectomy and female circumcision, practices often labeled as female genital mutilations, are not just controversial cultural rites performed in foreign countries. A new book from a Northwestern ...

Without social pressure, most people give little thought to male circumcision. This simple surgical procedure removes the foreskin, a hood of skin covering the head of the resting (flaccid) penis. But ...