Comments on: Could circumcision reduce STD spread? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/could-circumcision-reduce-std-spread/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:31:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hugh7 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/could-circumcision-reduce-std-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-196382 Hugh7 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:48:28 +0000 http://www.blisstree.com/?p=69698#comment-196382 The researchers got 5534 Ugandan men, removed those who already had the herpes virus, leaving 3393 (so herpes is very prevalent there), and circumcised half. After two years, 114 circumcised men and 153 non-circumcised men had HSV-2, so nearly 1700 circumcisions may have delayed (not prevented) 39 cases, or about 40 circumcisions to delay one case. The number is bigger where herpes is not so prevalent. But "percentage reduction" sounds much more impressive. It's a big jump from paid adult Ugandan volunteers to US babies. No direct connection between circumcision and cervical cancer has ever been demonstrated, only some shonky connections between circumcision and HPV, and a partial connection between some varieties of HPV and cancer. The "earier studies" took almost all their circumcised men from the Philippines or the US, almost all their non-circumcised men from other countries, so differences between the rates in the different countries could easily be responsible. The researchers got 5534 Ugandan men, removed those who already had the herpes virus, leaving 3393 (so herpes is very prevalent there), and circumcised half. After two years, 114 circumcised men and 153 non-circumcised men had HSV-2, so nearly 1700 circumcisions may have delayed (not prevented) 39 cases, or about 40 circumcisions to delay one case. The number is bigger where herpes is not so prevalent. But “percentage reduction” sounds much more impressive. It’s a big jump from paid adult Ugandan volunteers to US babies.

No direct connection between circumcision and cervical cancer has ever been demonstrated, only some shonky connections between circumcision and HPV, and a partial connection between some varieties of HPV and cancer. The “earier studies” took almost all their circumcised men from the Philippines or the US, almost all their non-circumcised men from other countries, so differences between the rates in the different countries could easily be responsible.

]]> By: Tom Tobin http://www.blisstree.com/articles/could-circumcision-reduce-std-spread/comment-page-1/#comment-195607 Tom Tobin Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:35:13 +0000 http://www.blisstree.com/?p=69698#comment-195607 In case you think "it can't happen here", this is the very next story in Newstin. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/03/30/botched_circumcision_suit.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 In case you think “it can’t happen here”, this is the very next story in Newstin.

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/03/30/botched_circumcision_suit.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13

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