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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If rates of circumcision among infant boys continue to drop in the U.S.,[b] it could lead to billions of dollars in added health care costs and increases in sexually transmitted infections among men,[/b] according to a recent study by Johns Hopkins researchers. Studies link circumcision with numerous health benefits: the procedure is associated with lower risks of urinary tract infections in babies and young boys, and reductions in men’s risk of contracting HIV, genital herpes and human papillomavirus (HPV); it may also help reduce the odds of penile and prostate cancers. By reducing the burden of sexually transmitted infections among men, it may also help keep more women infection-free as well. If circumcision rates were to drop from the current 55% to 10%, urinary tract infections in baby boys may rise a whopping 212%, and in men, HIV infections could increase by 12%, HPV infections by 29% and herpes simplex virus type 2 by 20%. In women, dropping rates of male circumcision could increase cases of bacterial vaginosis by 18% and low-risk HPV by 13%. Read more: If Circumcision Rates Keep Falling, Health Costs and Infections Will Spike | TIME.com http://healthland.time.com/2012/08/21/if-circumcision-rates-keep-falling-health-costs-and-infections-will-spike/#ixzz2u1ZPmBbm[/quote] Fascinating, considering that the vast majority of the US adult male population already IS circumcised, yet we have one of the highest rates of HIV and other STDs in the developed world. Where oh where has this supposed protective benefit of circumcision gotten us? Compared to Europe, which is mostly intact, and has much lower rates of STDs and HIV. These studies are extremely biased and used only to support the practice of more circumcision. [/quote] +1. Looks like circumcision somehow also cuts the part of the brain involved in critical thinking.[/quote]
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