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  • Circumcision may stop millions of HIV deaths

    07/10/2006 8:36:10 PM PDT · by July 4th · 66 replies · 1,422+ views
    Reuters ^ | 10 July 2006 | Maggie Fox
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Circumcising men routinely across Africa could prevent millions of deaths from AIDS, World Health Organization researchers and colleagues reported on Monday. They analyzed data from trials that showed men who had been circumcised had a significantly lower risk of infection with the AIDS virus, and calculated that if all men were circumcised over the next 10 years, some two million new infections and around 300,000 deaths could be avoided. Researchers believe circumcision helps cut infection risk because the foreskin is covered in cells the virus seems able to easily infect. The virus may also survive better in...