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Osteopathic medicine is practiced in parallel along with allopathic medicine in the [[United States]].
Osteopathic medicine is practiced in parallel alongside of allopathic medicine in the [[United States]].


The [https://osteopathic.org/ American Osteopathic Association] (AOA) is the [[medical trade association]] for osteopathic doctors (DOs). The AOA has not enunciated a position regarding male circumcision, however the AOA has adopted four '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' that may be applied to both [[child circumcision]] and [[adult circumcision]]. The <b>Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine</b> express the underlying philosophy of osteopathic medicine and were approved by the AOA House of Delegates as policy.<ref>{{REFweb
The [https://osteopathic.org/ American Osteopathic Association] (AOA) is the [[medical trade association]] for osteopathic doctors (DOs). The AOA has not enunciated a position regarding male circumcision, however the AOA has adopted four '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' that may be applied to both [[child circumcision]] and [[adult circumcision]]. The <b>Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine</b> express the underlying philosophy of osteopathic medicine and were approved by the AOA House of Delegates as policy.<ref>{{REFweb
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The [[foreskin]] [[Development of retractable foreskin| develops throughout childhood]] usually without medical intervention.<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal
The [[foreskin]] [[Development of retractable foreskin| develops throughout childhood]] invariably without medical intervention. It could hardly be otherwise, since human genitalia evolved over 100,000+ years without medical assistance of any kind<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal
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