One of the first things most little boys in the US experience is something they'll never remember -- circumcision -- but that doesn't mean it isn't a painful experience. The debate over whether ...

Oct. 11, 2004 (San Francisco) — Results of a retrospective study of neonatal circumcisions performed at a large academic medical center suggest that most procedures are performed without ...

More than nine in 10 doctors who are taught circumcision techniques are also now taught to take pain into consideration before circumcising a baby boy; compared with only seven in 10 a decade ago. A ...

Circumcision is the most common surgical procedure performed during the neonatal period in the United States. [9,10,11] Pain associated with the procedure has been well documented. [12,13] The ...

Anesthetics are effective in reducing the pain of circumcision in newborns, judging from the baby's heart rate and time spent crying after the procedure, a new analysis finds. A systematic review of 1 ...

Male infants and boys through early adolescence can undergo circumcision either for the sake of upholding religious traditions or for medical reasons. According to both, Jewish as well as Islamic ...

Research published today by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine suggests that circumcised boys are more likely than intact boys to develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD) before the age of 10.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently made a public statement, claiming there might be a connection between early circumcision and an increased risk of autism. He ...

When I was pregnant with my first child, I just thought that circumcision was what you did, no big deal, and that every man was circumcised. Then one day I saw a picture of a baby being circumcised, ...

When I was pregnant with my first child, I just thought that circumcision was what you did, no big deal, and that every man was circumcised. Then one day I saw a picture of a baby being circumcised, ...