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CelticWife
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?wrote in an accompanying editorial.Worldwide, only about 30 percent of men are circumcised. The figure is higher in the United States, where about 79 percent of men are circumcised, according to surveys by the National Center for Health Statistics.An international team of researchers who conducted the study said circumcision, the surgical removal of the foreskin from the penis, should be an accepted method to reduce sexually transmitted infections among heterosexuals."It must be emphasized that protection was only partial, and it is critical to promote the practice of safe sex," they wrote.HPV can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. Herpes greatly increases the chances of infection with HIV.
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Circumcision/STD Article
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Has anyone heard/read about this study? Is it legitimate? It would be interesting if the AAP changed their stance. It states;
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Circumcision not only protects against HIV in heterosexual men, but it also helps prevent two other sexually transmitted infections, a large new study found.Circumcised males reduced their risk of infection with HPV, or human papillomavirus, by 35 percent and herpes by 28 percent. However, researchers found circumcision had no effect on the transmission of syphilis.Landmark studies from three African countries including Uganda previously found circumcision lowered men's chance of catching the AIDS?virus?by up to 60 percent. The new study stems from the Uganda research and looked at protection against three other STDs. The findings are reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine"Evidence now strongly suggests that circumcision offers an important prevention opportunity and should be widely available," Drs. Matthew Golden and Judith Wasserheit of the?University ofWashington?wrote in an accompanying editorial.Worldwide, only about 30 percent of men are circumcised. The figure is higher in the United States, where about 79 percent of men are circumcised, according to surveys by the National Center for Health Statistics.An international team of researchers who conducted the study said circumcision, the surgical removal of the foreskin from the penis, should be an accepted method to reduce sexually transmitted infections among heterosexuals."It must be emphasized that protection was only partial, and it is critical to promote the practice of safe sex," they wrote.HPV can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. Herpes greatly increases the chances of infection with HIV.The American Academy of Pediatrics previously said there was not enough evidence to recommend routine circumcision of infants. The doctor's group is reviewing its position based on recent studies. About 2,800 herpes cases in newborns occur in the U.S. every year transmitted from mothers to infants that can lead to disability or death...
?Study: Male circumcision helps prevent two STDs | ksdk.com | St. Louis, MO
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Married 3-1-08 | Nathan 11-24-08 | Kaelyn 11-30-10 | Alicia 8-17-13
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Re: Circumcision/STD Article
"About 2,800 herpes cases in newborns occur in the U.S. every year transmitted from mothers to infants that can lead to disability or death..."
wtf does this have to do with circumcision??
the AAP isn't going to change it's stance... that freaking african study was is done in a country where HIV is running rampant due to NO KNOWLEDGE OF SAFE SEX. so blaming the foreskin seems pretty easy in this case i guess?? also if 70% of men are NOT circumcised, why wasn't the study done in a non-third world country like England? i guarantee the results would be quite different.
"An international team of researchers who conducted the study said circumcision, the surgical removal of the foreskin from the penis, should be an accepted method to reduce sexually transmitted infections among heterosexuals."
LOL at this.. Sorry but condoms should be the method to reduce STD's, not circumcision. whatthefuck!
::stands up and applauds::
this makes no sense. the US isnt a third world country, so we CAN teach about safe sex.. therefore would would the aap change its stance???
the interesting thing about herpes is that most people with it don't know it. testing would be the most important way to prevent transmission to babies during vaginal birth.
1 in 4 women in the US has genital herpes (https://www.cdc.gov/std/Herpes/STDFact-Herpes.htm)
I used to work on a national STD hotline, so this topic greatly interests me...the facts are pretty amazing even though people don't know them.
I didn't know it was that common!?
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to be over, it's about learning how to dance in the rain." -Unknown
Married 3-1-08 | Nathan 11-24-08 | Kaelyn 11-30-10 | Alicia 8-17-13
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ditto!! ?SAVE THE SKIN!!! ?
I agree that it is off base bring that it is in Uganda. However safe sex is taught in Uganda. I believe the president of Uganda's wife was given an award for her efforts in this realm. The program was begun in 1991.
Many evangelicals like to preach that it is a program teaching abstinance only in reality they are teaching the importance of safe sex with a condom. Because of this program HIV rates have severely dropped.
NOW all that being said I will also say that I am married to a Ugandan man that is uncircumsized. He lived there unti 10 years ago (he was 23 when he moved.) In general I would not trust any studies done there and know how far behind their medical system is.
This kind of article makes me sick. Agree that CONDOMS are the way to prevent STD's - not surgical removal of part of a baby's penis. The idea that we need to "improve upon" the perfection of an infant when he is born - by attacking his penis with a scalpel within a day or so of his birth - what a welcome! - is un-be-liev-a-ble to me. I truly think someday people will look back at this practice with disbelief.
The ONLY thing that is proven to protect against AIDS is safe sex, or abstinence. By irresponsibly advancing this idea these researchers are only providing a false sense of security to circumcised males, causing them to inadequately protect themselves against AIDS. All you need to do is take a look at the U.S. which has the highest circumcision and AIDS rate of any other first world country to realize the folly of this assumption.
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I should also add that in the capital city of Uganda. Condoms are free and readily available. Most of the population DOES live there but this does leave out those that live outside of the city and in villages.
(dh and I have discussion about this stuff all the time because I get on rants about how backward things are there)