Roto-Reuters: Circumcision appears to reduce STD risk
Circumcised males are less likely than their uncircumcised peers to acquire a sexually transmitted infection, the findings of a 25-year study suggest.
According to the report in the November issue of Pediatrics, circumcision may reduce the risk of acquiring and spreading such infections by up to 50 percent, which suggests "substantial benefits" for routine neonatal circumcision...
Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? But wait, there's more...
The American Academy of Pediatrics has called the evidence "complex and conflicting," and therefore concludes that, at present, the evidence is insufficient to support routine neonatal circumcision.
Confused, kiddies? Imagine if evidence suggested circumcision caused baldness (or impotence!) half the time. All the usual suspects would have it banned the next day!
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