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New evidence says circumcision reduces risk of aquiring disease
_News Talk 770
8/27/2012

There's new evidence out of the U.S. that is prompting doctors in that country to recommend circumcision for newborn boys.
Since 1999 doctors have been pretty neutral on the subject, telling parents the choice was really a personal one.
But new studies have American doctors recommending the procedure to prevent disease. Dr. Douglas Diekema says the evidence suggests cicumcision reduces the chances of aquiring HIV, HPV and other STI's. Diekema admits this is a tough decision for parents to make, knowing their grown-up son may not actually like the choice they made.


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  1. MarkL_6921 posted on 08/28/2012 04:12 AM
    The AAP are way out of line with other national medical organizations, and it's very disappointing that they say this:
    "Parents are entitled to factually correct, nonbiased information about circumcision"

    but they provide information that is both biased and highly selective. They simply don't seem to consider that the foreskin might actually be valuable.

    It's really easy to find circumcised doctors who are against circumcision, but surprisingly difficult to find male doctors in favor who weren't circumcised themselves as children.

    How strange that all the health benefits the AAP claim don't seem to exist in Europe, where almost no-one circumcises unless they're Jewish or Muslim.

    The AAP is the same organization that changed its policy on female cutting in 2010 btw saying "It might be more effective if federal and state laws enabled pediatricians to reach out to families by offering a ritual [clitoral] nick as a possible compromise to avoid greater harm."
    They were forced to retract this about six weeks later:

    Dr Diekema, the chair of the committee said "We're talking about something far less extensive than the removal of foreskin in a male".

    I suppose it's a good thing they didn't look at operating on girls to prevent breast cancer. 11% of women get breast cancer, and 3% die of it, so the health benefits to the girls would massively outweigh the risks.

    Meanwhile, other national health organizations including the Canadian Paediatric Society and the Dutch Medical Association continue to recommend *against* circumcising newborns.
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