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Wow....circumcision reduces the risk of HIV by 60%....
Male circumcision helps prevent HPV, herpes: study
CTV.ca News Staff
The medical advice given to parents about circumcision should be reassessed, argue U.S. experts, after a new study found the procedure significantly reduces the transmission of herpes and HPV.
Male circumcision is already known to sharply reduce the risk of HIV infection in men -- by as much as 60 per cent, some studies suggest. Now, new data from Ugandan scientists and investigators at Johns Hopkins University suggest circumcision can also decrease the transmission of herpes and the human papillomavirus.
The study, featured this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that circumcised males reduced their risk of infection with HPV by 35 per cent and their risk of herpes by 28 per cent. Circumcision had no effect on the transmission of syphilis.
In an accompanying editorial, "Prevention of Viral Sexually Transmitted Infections - Foreskin at the Forefront," two University of Washington researchers say the new findings provide compelling evidence that circumcision could decrease rates of incurable sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Male circumcision helps prevent HPV, herpes: study
CTV.ca News Staff
The medical advice given to parents about circumcision should be reassessed, argue U.S. experts, after a new study found the procedure significantly reduces the transmission of herpes and HPV.
Male circumcision is already known to sharply reduce the risk of HIV infection in men -- by as much as 60 per cent, some studies suggest. Now, new data from Ugandan scientists and investigators at Johns Hopkins University suggest circumcision can also decrease the transmission of herpes and the human papillomavirus.
The study, featured this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that circumcised males reduced their risk of infection with HPV by 35 per cent and their risk of herpes by 28 per cent. Circumcision had no effect on the transmission of syphilis.
In an accompanying editorial, "Prevention of Viral Sexually Transmitted Infections - Foreskin at the Forefront," two University of Washington researchers say the new findings provide compelling evidence that circumcision could decrease rates of incurable sexually transmitted infections (STIs).