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thegr81

So Confused

Apr 19, 2005 21:40

Okay, I was reading the BBC NEws website today and came across a story about AIDs in India. I have an uncle with HIV and I have done research on AIDs/HIV in school so I try and read articles and updates I find in the news. This was a basic story about how India has overtaken South Africa as the largest HIV/AIDs infected population in the world. It ( Read more... )

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brbrbrad April 20 2005, 03:39:54 UTC

The latest study has provided evidence that circumcised men are 50% less likely to contract HIV during heterosexual intercourse:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=19058&nfid=rssfeeds

Cheers,
Brad

thegr81 April 20 2005, 17:02:59 UTC

Yes, that article does support the basis that circumcision may be a preventative measure, but when you read the actual study, you find that although the study concludes that HIV-1 infection rates are higher among uncircumcised men then circumcised men, there are several factors that can account for this difference that are separate from the relationship of circumcision ( ... )

brbrbrad April 20 2005, 17:24:02 UTC

I can't argue with any of that, but it does help to explain how this information may have made it into the hands of the BBC in the first place. I admire and appreciate your thorough analysis of this matter.

theodonias April 21 2005, 00:33:29 UTC

What the Great One said ( ... )