Male Circumcision "Cuts" HIV Risk

Two different studies show that circumcision helps to reduce the conracting of HIV. Apparently foreskin cells are more vulnerable to HIV infection. One of the studies showed a 53% reduction of new infection and the other showed a 48% reduction. A similar study last year showed 60% reduction of new infection among men who had been circumcised. Apparently they felt as if the study results were so amazing that they stopped in the middle of it and offered circumcision to the control group of men. They felt it would be unethical if they didn't notify the others in the study who were participating as controls.

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