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  • Study shows circumcision may reduce AIDS risk

    07/26/2005 3:33:57 PM PDT · by Selkie · 81 replies · 2,143+ views
    Reuters ^ | Jul 26 | Andrei Khalip
    Circumcising men can help protect them from the AIDS virus, researchers said on Tuesday after finishing the first study that tried using the procedure specifically to prevent infection. But United Nations health officials cautioned that more trials were necessary before they would recommend this as a method to protect against AIDS. The circumcised men were 65 percent less likely to become infected with the deadly and incurable virus, the researchers told the International AIDS Society Conference in Rio de Janeiro. Several studies have suggested that men who are circumcised have a lower rate of HIV infection. This has been especially...