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The National Insitutes of Health just issued a report saying that circumcision reduces HIV transmission in heterosexual couples. The old foreskin debate's been around since the virus' early days, but this fresh round of studies adds further weight to last year's South Africa Orange Farm Trials - a study that found 60% decrease in transmission among the foreskinless. The New York Times Reports:
Why would male circumcision play a role? Cells in the foreskin of the penis are particularly susceptible to the HIV virus, [Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases] explained. Also, the foreskin is more fragile than the tougher skin surrounding it, providing a surface that the virus could penetrate more easily.Scientists are quick to warn, of course, that circumcision's not the HIV cure-all. Gee, thanks.Researchers enrolled 2,784 HIV-negative men in Kisumu, Kenya, and 4,996 HIV-negative men in Rakai, Uganda, into the studies. Some were circumcised; others were just monitored.
Over two years, 22 of the circumcised Kenyans became infected with HIV compared with 47 uncircumcised men, a 53 percent reduction. In Uganda, 22 circumcised men became infected vs. 43 of the uncircumcised, a 48 percent reduction.
The studies have yet to delve into the dark world of anal sex. Reseachers from John Hopkins University are currently looking into a relationship between the controversial female circumcision and viral exposure.
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The whole way this is being covered, as well as the people who were just waiting to have a reason to believe in circumcision, is pissing me off mightily. Instead of informing and helping people protect themselves, let's lop off part of their penis. When widespread unnecessary surgeries end up NOT quelling the AIDS boom in Africa, what will Western society have subjected a continent to? More pain and suffering.
"Instead of informing and helping people protect themselves, let's lop off part of their penis."
I completely agree. Why not remove fingernails as a preventative measure so we can prevent toenail fungus? Heck, why not remove women's breast too? Breast cancer is a leading cause of death. why risk it?
Absolute stupidity. Not to mention how you can compare two groups the way they did as a truly useful statistic is in my mind MORE then questionable.
This was the "study". Approx 1300 circ compared to 1300 uncirced. Something like 45 got hiv, 22 in the circ group did.
This simple math game proves it HALVES the infection rate? Does this sound like comprehensive science to you?
Well in any event, I have nothing against adults choosing the operation but I will NEVER condone it being done on children. It's your body, and neither parent or doctor should make that decision barring some unusual reason of death if left there.
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It meant to say 45 in the un-circ group got hiv compared to 22 in the circs.
I WILL BELIEVE IN CIRCUMCISION WHEN WE SEE WESTERN EUROPEAN MEN WHO ARE NEITHER JEWISH, MUSLIM OR AMERICAN BORN UNDERGOING THE PRACTICE.
In muslims Circumcision is must for every child. That means muslims won't get HIV infection. But I'm not getting how it is possible. Removing foreskin reduces the risk of HIV infection.
I've read these studies before, and I wonder whether anyone has cross-referenced the rate of circumcision with economics? I would be willing to bet that - especially in third-world countries - circumcision rates are higher among the educated and/or above-the-poverty-line families. This could provide a different reason for the same result - educated people and those above the poverty line have a better chance of understanding how to avoid HIV infection.