Press Clippings:
 August 26, 1997 |
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Mohels, the deft practitioners of the ancient Jewish rite of circumcision, appear to inflict less pain on newborns than most doctors. The secret could lie in the different tools they use, said the study's leader, Dr. Hema N. Silva director of neonatology at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a Catholic hospital in Hartford where the competing techniques were put to the test. |
In a study involving 48 newborn boys, the clamp used by mohels, called a Mogen, was found to be much quicker to deploy and less painful than the one favored by most doctors. Those babies suffered less stress, Dr. Silva said. The results of the study were published in last month's edition of the Ob/Gyn News and described earlier this year at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Washington. Courtesy of Associated Press |
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