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Originally Posted by ASU2003 Not this again... Condoms work much, much better, and the whole 'scientific experiment' was a sham. It only lasted a few months and they guessed that the number of HIV infected partners both groups slept with were equal. And seeing how it was like 12 vs. 8 out of 2500 when they stopped the study instead of letting it go on for a few years (because saying a 50% drop is more impressive, and the newly circumcised group was starting to have more sex), well let's just say I hope not all medical research is done this way.

Officials Weigh Circumcision to Fight H.I.V. Risk
By RONI CARYN RABIN
Published: August 23, 2009

Public health officials are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the United States to reduce the spread of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS.
Experts are also considering whether the surgery should be offered to adult heterosexual men whose sexual practices put them at high risk of infection.
Recently, studies showed that in African countries hit hard by AIDS, men who were circumcised reduced their infection risk by half. But the clinical trials in Africa focused on heterosexual men who are at risk of getting H.I.V. from infected female partners.
For now, the focus of public health officials in this country appears to be on making recommendations for newborns, a prevention strategy that would only pay off many years from now.
But Dr. Peter Kilmarx, chief of epidemiology for the division of H.I.V./AIDS prevention at the C.D.C., said that any step that could thwart the spread of H.I.V. must be given serious consideration.

“We have a significant H.I.V. epidemic in this country, and we really need to look carefully at any potential intervention that could be another tool in the toolbox we use to address the epidemic,” Dr. Kilmarx said. “What we’ve heard from our consultants is that there would be a benefit for infants from infant circumcision, and that the benefits outweigh the risks.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/he...cision.html?hp