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Re: GEN: Male Circumcision Cuts HIV Risk In HalfFrom: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)Thu Dec 14 10:32:07 2006
At Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Louana George, RN, LM, CPM, MA wrote: > The National Institutes of Health closed the studies in Kenya and Uganda early, when safety monitors took a look at initial results this week and spotted the protection. The studies' uncircumcised men are being offered the chance to undergo the procedure. http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-hiv-circumcision,0,3169270.story Also from same article ... The link between male circumcision and HIV prevention was noted as long ago as the late 1980s. The first major clinical trial, of 3,000 men in South Africa, found last year that circumcision cut the HIV risk by 60 percent. Still, many AIDS specialists had been awaiting the NIH's results as a final confirmation. "Male circumcision can lower both an individual's risk of infection, and hopefully the rate of HIV spread through the community," said AIDS expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. So it appears that the evidence now seems quite solid. Art
-- art fougner, md "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
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