Circumcision Decision Part 1

Circumcision Doesn't Lessen HIV Transmission

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=8105119&page=1

THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Circumcision doesn't reduce transmission of HIV from infected men to women, says a study that included 922 HIV-infected men in Uganda.

The men, who were uncircumcised before the start of the study, were randomly selected to undergo immediate circumcision or circumcision after two years. The study also included HIV-uninfected female partners of the men. The women were checked for HIV infection at six, 12 and 24 months.

The study was stopped early due to "futility." The final analysis of 92 couples in the intervention group and 67 couples in the control group showed that 18 percent of women in the intervention group became infected with HIV, compared with 12 percent of those in the control group. Cumulative probability of HIV infection at 24 months was 22 percent among women in the intervention group and 13 percent among those in the control group.

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[TLCTugger]

Circumcision: The more you know the worse it gets.

Foreskin feels REALLY good. HIS body, HIS decision.

[Bonobo3D]

The more this is seen the better. Circumcision of children is abuse and needs to be understood to help end it.

[GetTheHook]

Being uncircumsised DOES mean you have be more thorough with hygiene and cleaning.

[thegoochieguy]

thank you so much for this informative video series!

[Thulgore]

Thank you for uploading this! All future parents need to see this.