Blisstree » condom use http://www.blisstree.com Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:23:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Male Circumcision Doesn’t Cut Your HIV Risk http://www.blisstree.com/articles/male-circumcision-doesnt-cut-your-hiv-risk/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/male-circumcision-doesnt-cut-your-hiv-risk/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:45:37 +0000 Peggy Rowland http://www.blisstree.com/?p=100537 Post from: Blisstree

Male Circumcision Doesn’t Cut Your HIV Risk

]]> A recent trial to see if circumcision helped protect both men and women from HIV was halted after researchers learned the benefit is one-sided.

The study, published in Lancet medical journal, shows that while circumcision could help protect men from HIV, it doesn’t help women. However, researchers note that women may also benefit indirectly via reduced rates of HIV among men.

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Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and their colleagues in Uganda studied 922 uncircumcised, HIV-infected men and 163 wives or female sex partners of the men. Some of the men studied were immediately circumcised, while others waited for two years.

The study found that circumcision didn’t reduce HIV transmission to females over a period of 24 months. Researchers believe that condom use remains essential for reducing the spread of AIDS. Read more about this study at msnbc.

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