July 11, 2006

Circumcision to fight AIDS

Now this is surprising.

Circumcision may stop millions of HIV deaths

Circumcising men routinely across Africa could prevent millions of deaths from AIDS, World Health Organization researchers and colleagues reported Monday.

They analyzed data from trials that showed men who had been circumcised had a significantly lower risk of infection with the AIDS virus, and calculated that if all men were circumcised over the next 10 years, some two million new infections and around 300,000 deaths could be avoided.

Posted by Jill Fallon at July 11, 2006 9:40 PM | TrackBack | Permalink
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