Should adult male circumcision be recommended for HIV prevention in the US?
Three clinical trials in Africa found that adult male circumcision reduced the risk of men acquiring HIV infection from heterosexual sex by 51-60%. ...While adult male circumcision may also have a role to play in preventing HIV transmission in the US, say scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in a paper in PLoS Medicine, "the extent of this role on a population basis is unknown....Review shows male circumcision protects female partners from HIV and other STDs
A statistical review of the past medical files of more than 300 couples in Uganda, in which the female partner was HIV negative and the male was HIV positive, provides solid documentation of the protective effects of male circumcision in reducing the risk of infection among women. Male circumcision also reduced rates of trichomonas and bacterial vaginosis in female partners. The study is believ...Circumcision reduces HIV infection risk
Ira D. Sharlip, M.D., AUA spokesman and Public Media Committee chair...John N. Krieger, M.D. ... Late breaking news on circumcision and HIV transmission will be presented to Annual...Meeting attendees during the Monday, May 21 plenary session. Dr. Krieger will be discussing the findings of two major trials in Africa that focused on circumcisions preventive effects on HIV transmissi...Circumcision for prevention of HIV: new analysis demonstrates cost-effectiveness
... ... The researchers carried out a set of calculations, using the results from their major ‘Orange Farm...International AIDS Vaccine Initiative statement on male circumcision
... IAVI recognizes the critical importance of interim data released today by the NIH suggesting circumcision may cut in half mens risk of contracting HIV/AIDS through hetero...Male circumcision reduces HIV risk, study stopped early
... ... "Circumcision is now a proven, effective prevention strategy to reduce HIV infe...Doctors treating pain from circumcision more seriously
... "This is a large leap ahead in how physicians are trained to perform circumc...Male circumcision could prevent millions of AIDS deaths
Researchers involved with a 'landmark' trial, which found evidence that male circumcision (MC) could reduce the chance of becoming infected with HIV, have published an analysis estimating the likely impact of expanding the practice of MC across Africa. ... ... MC has been practised by many of Africa's ethnic groups for many centuries. It usually takes place in late childhood or early adolescence...PLoS Medicine publishes first trial of effect of male circumcision on HIV infection
The peer-reviewed results of the first trial of the effect of male circumcision on HIV infection, which some experts call "a landmark trial," will be published in on October 25. The trial found that circumcision reduced the rate of new infections among heterosexual men in South Africa by about 60%. ... ...Because HIV infection rates are generally lower among African groups where circumcision i...Feeling safe and secure? CUMC scientists find it's all in the caudoputamen
New York, NY April 18, 2005 Scientists at Columbia University Medical Center have made a surprising finding about positive emotions that should change the way people think about anxiety disorders. ...... The researchers Michael Rogan and Nobel laureate Eric Kandel discovered that a previously unknown "safety circuit" exists deep within the brain and is responsible for the good feelings associ...