yup weird..me.....Circumcision Appears to Reduce STD Risk

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Circumcision Appears to Reduce STD Risk

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Nov 06 - Circumcised males are less likely than

their uncircumcised peers to acquire sexually transmitted infection (STI),

the findings of a 25-year longitudinal study suggest.

According to the report in the November issue of Pediatrics, circumcision

may reduce the risk of acquiring and spreading such infections by up to

50%, which suggests " substantial benefits " for routine neonatal

circumcision.

The current study is just one of many that have looked at this

controversial topic. While most research has found that circumcision

reduces the rates of HIV, syphilis and genital ulcers, the results are

more mixed for other STDs. The American Academy of Pediatrics has calls

the evidence " complex and conflicting, " and therefore concludes that, at

present, the evidence is insufficient to support routine neonatal

circumcision.

In the current study, the researchers analyzed data collected for the

Christchurch Health and Development Study, which included a large birth

cohort of children from New Zealand. Males were divided into two groups

based on circumcision status before 15 years of age. The presence of an

STI between 18 and 25 years of age was determined by questionnaire.

The 356 uncircumcised boys had a 2.66-fold increased risk of an STI

compared with the 154 circumcised boys, lead author Dr. M. Fergusson

and colleagues, from the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health

Sciences report. Moreover, this elevated risk was largely unchanged after

accounting for potential confounders, such as number of sexual partners

and unprotected sex.

The authors estimate that had routine neonatal circumcision been in place,

the rate of STIs in the current cohort would have been reduced by 48.2%.

" As shown in this analysis, the benefits of circumcision for reducing

(STI) risks may be substantial, " the authors conclude. " The public health

issues raised by these findings clearly involve weighing the longer-term

benefits of routine neonatal circumcision in terms of reducing risks of

infection within the population, against the perceived costs of the

procedure, " they add.

Pediatrics 2006;118:1971-1977.

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