Delicate choice just got tougher

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Mon Nov 28 10:24:00 2005


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Tired of homebirths - What about circs?

-------------------- Delicate choice just got tougher -------------------- -------------------- --------------------

Circumcision may protect against HIV infection, new studies suggest. But more parents are forgoing the surgery.

By Daniel Costello Times Staff Writer

November 28 2005

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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