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New Study Says Benefits of Circumcision Outweigh Risks 100 to 1
Daily Beast ^ | 04/03/2014 | Brandy Zadrozny

Posted on 04/03/2014 9:05:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

A new medical review published by Mayo Clinic makes the strongest case yet for cirumcision. Is it time to take the decision out of parents’ hands and make the procedure mandatory?

The choice of whether to circumcise one’s son—a decision both aided and hindered by a deluge of readily available information on the Internet—is an increasingly fraught one for parents. A quick Google search for “Should I circumcise my baby?” retrieves millions of articles, blogs, and academic papers all weighing in on the risks and rewards associated with the surgical removal of a newborn’s foreskin. Now, a new review published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings claims the health benefits of circumcision exceed any risks by at least 100 to 1.

The review’s outspoken lead author, Brian J. Morris, a circumcision advocate and Professor Emeritus at The University of Sydney, Australia, hopes this new data will silence the debate once and for all. It’s Morris’ provocative position that infant circumcision contributes to overall public health in the same way that vaccines do, and should be equivalent to childhood vaccinations. And as such, he says, it’s unethical for doctors not to routinely offer it to parents.

“Each have a major population level benefit, but carry a risk that affects a very small proportion of individuals who receive the intervention. There are also extremely rarely deaths from each,” he told The Daily Beast via email. Moreover, “a vaccine is highly specific, whereas the protective effects of circumcision cover a wide array of medical conditions.”

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: circumcision
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To: longtermmemmory

apples & oranges...

(or, bananas & oranges - take your pick...)


21 posted on 04/03/2014 10:34:25 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Removal of the testicles will 100% prevent testicular cancer.


22 posted on 04/03/2014 10:50:21 AM PDT by arbitrary.squid
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To: Smedley

I’d rather have the extra skin on my pecker. Besides, don’t you get aroused every time you tug at your earlobe ?


23 posted on 04/03/2014 11:12:43 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: arbitrary.squid

That’s why Joe Biden will never get brain cancer.


24 posted on 04/03/2014 11:13:49 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: SeekAndFind

go for the Johnny Carson ‘frontier bris’..


25 posted on 04/03/2014 11:20:31 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: Mashood
Most medical problems, in first and second world countries, involving the penis are due to poor hygiene.

And where the owner decides to put it.

26 posted on 04/03/2014 11:31:12 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: SeekAndFind
“Awkward”.
27 posted on 04/03/2014 11:37:50 AM PDT by right way right (America has embraced the suck of Freedumb.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Lol!


28 posted on 04/03/2014 11:57:39 AM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: longtermmemmory

Not really, as the breasts have a major function that the foreskin does not. Circumcision doesn’t prevent pleasure or reproduction.


29 posted on 04/03/2014 11:59:29 AM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: Jean2

Yes, American males have a far higher rate of it than European males. The Nazi’s often made a suspected Jewish child pull down their pants so they could see if they were circumcised.


30 posted on 04/03/2014 12:02:04 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: Amberdawn

from the misc posts here on fr over the years, the adults who had this done report the cutting off of nerve endings did change matters in the feeling department.


31 posted on 04/03/2014 1:31:47 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Gay State Conservative

lol, think of every crotch hit on tv...


32 posted on 04/03/2014 1:33:19 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: arbitrary.squid

I wonder if this study is more about malpractice avoidance than substantive science.


33 posted on 04/03/2014 1:37:08 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: SeekAndFind
Did Abraham know something we didn't?

No, but God did.

34 posted on 04/03/2014 1:44:37 PM PDT by zeugma (Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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To: RitchieAprile
go for the Johnny Carson ‘frontier bris’..

I didn't even know you were Jewish

35 posted on 04/03/2014 1:56:40 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
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To: B4Ranch

If it is so great then why do we not circumcise our cats, dogs and horses?


36 posted on 04/03/2014 2:02:56 PM PDT by OldMagazine (You can only do what you can do.)
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To: OldMagazine

No need to. Cats, dogs and horses keep themselves clean.


37 posted on 04/03/2014 2:42:04 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: longtermmemmory

I can’t dispute that, but circumcision done as an infant is different. One cannot miss what one never had.


38 posted on 04/03/2014 3:24:37 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: SeekAndFind
Is it time to take the decision out of parents’ hands and make the procedure mandatory?

I made it through two sentences. I couldn't go any further after reading that asinine question.

39 posted on 04/03/2014 3:43:51 PM PDT by sargon (I don't like the sound of these here Boncentration Bamps!)
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To: SeekAndFind

100 to 1? That is just the tip of the iceberg.


40 posted on 04/03/2014 3:47:09 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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