Re: Delicate choice just got tougher

From: doctorjoe@aol.com
Mon Nov 28 11:51:55 2005


True, but there's a soft increase in risk of renal infection/damage, according to old data.

I figure, if Moses thought it was a good thing, then it's probably the gold standard. Just depends on how low you want to drop in your risk assessment/acceptance.

Personally, I love oysters. They're not kosher and we'd all be (on average) healthier for not eating them. I think some of the same logic holds here.

What's galling is the "outrage" at male mutilation coming from some fringe types/groups. That brings the argument to the forefront on occasion and then the discussion ensues.

Joe P.

-----Original Message----- From: igold@cox.net To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> Sent: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:31:41 -0600 Subject: Re: Delicate choice just got tougher

If mem are not participating in unsafe sexual practices, then their risk of HIV and other STD's is not increased by being intact. Ingrid >
> From: rmodugno@aol.com
> Date: 2005/11/28 Mon PM 12:26:28 EST
> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
> Subject: Delicate choice just got tougher
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> This story was sent to you by: Robert Modugno
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> Tired of homebirths - What about circs?
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> Delicate choice just got tougher
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> Circumcision may protect against HIV infection, new studies suggest. But more
parents are forgoing the surgery. >
> By Daniel Costello
> Times Staff Writer
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> November 28 2005
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> Once a routine procedure for newborn boys, circumcision is falling rapidly out
of favor in the United States — even as growing evidence suggests that the surgery may reduce the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. >
> The complete article can be viewed at:
> http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-he-circumcision28nov28,1,1982565.story?coll=la-health-medicine

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