Since we're on the subject of circumcision. A research question.

**Gretchen**

Are there any studies done in either the US or Europe that show the decline of STDs in circumcized men?

The most recent one, referenced by Red in the "those having boys" thread, was a study done in Uganda. And all of the others I've seen have been done in Africa or other third world countries.

I'm not about to generalize findings from Uganda to US. 

Anyone know of any studies done here?

LillyBug923

If you google, there have been a lot of studies done.

**Gretchen**

Again, in the US or in Africa?

DonnysBride09

haha i shoulda read it fully before i posted it. said nothing a bout studies, either way. haha NULL in void.  my bad.

annibes

Darn it. There was a long segment about this on Doctor Radio a few weeks ago and I was only half-listening. Now I have to go search for the name of the doctor that was talking about it.. he had some great info.

**Gretchen**

shawnakress:

https://www.cirp.org/library/disease/STD/

Thanks! Interesting read. Based on this, link - the STD/circumcision debate holds no water in the US.

DonnysBride09

**Gretchen**:

shawnakress:

https://www.cirp.org/library/disease/STD/

Thanks! Interesting read. Based on this, link - the STD/circumcision debate holds no water in the US.

haha, ya i didnt read it fully- so i didnt answer what you were askin! haha. boo to me.

**Gretchen**

shawnakress:

haha i shoulda read it fully before i posted it. said nothing a bout studies, either way. haha NULL in void.  my bad.

Actually, it did have links to at least abstracts and discussed the research done on American men.  At least a good starting point.

Kendall13

annibes:

Darn it. There was a long segment about this on Doctor Radio a few weeks ago and I was only half-listening. Now I have to go search for the name of the doctor that was talking about it.. he had some great info.

LOVE doctor radio!  And they talk about this a lot... mostly about how there ARE medical reasons to circumcise.

And sorry, but there are STDs in the US and in Africa.  They don't discriminate.  Why are these studies good enough for medical professionals, but not for you?

If you don't want to do it, then fine. 

OutLawless

This may or not be helpful, but here's a quote:

"An editorial published with the study said that rates of circumcision in the United States were declining, and that they were lowest among black and Hispanic patients, groups with disproportionately high rates of H.I.V., herpes infection and cervical cancer. There are 16 states in which Medicaid does not pay for routine circumcision, and this may exacerbate the problem among the poor, the editorial said."

Its taken from this.

**Gretchen**

Kendall13:

annibes:

Darn it. There was a long segment about this on Doctor Radio a few weeks ago and I was only half-listening. Now I have to go search for the name of the doctor that was talking about it.. he had some great info.

LOVE doctor radio!  And they talk about this a lot... mostly about how there ARE medical reasons to circumcise.

And sorry, but there are STDs in the US and in Africa.  They don't discriminate.  Why are these studies good enough for medical professionals, but not for you?

If you don't want to do it, then fine. 

I'm sorry, where did I say that STD's don't exist in the US?

I'm just questioning the generalizability of studies showing decreased rates among those circumcized in Africa to the US. I wonder how much of it has to do with sanitation issues and general medical care in Uganda vs. US. Doesn't seem too far out there to me to think that they're likely drastically different and therefore circumcision in men in the US might not be shown to be as beneficial here.

And I think that most research medical professionals would like to see studies done on the population they're treating.

I was simply asking for research done here, since I live here and will be raising my child here (yet to be determined if male/female). One poster provided a good starting point.

**Gretchen**

OutLawless:

This may or not be helpful, but here's a quote:

"An editorial published with the study said that rates of circumcision in the United States were declining, and that they were lowest among black and Hispanic patients, groups with disproportionately high rates of H.I.V., herpes infection and cervical cancer. There are 16 states in which Medicaid does not pay for routine circumcision, and this may exacerbate the problem among the poor, the editorial said."

Its taken from this.

Cool. Thanks for the link!