Study: Circumcision Doesn't Cut HIV Risk Among Gay Men
(Washington, DC) -- There's not enough evidence showing circumcision protects men from contracting the AIDS virus during sex with other men. The new study on the topic comes as other research shows it protects them when having sex with females. The research is based on a review of studies involving over 50-thousand gay and bisexual men in the U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia, India, Taiwan, Peru and the Netherlands. The study results are published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Protection, men who were circumcised were 14-percent less likely to be infected with HIV than those who were not. CDC scientists say that number is statistically insignificant. One of the study authors says whether or not circumcision might lower the risk of HIV infection in sex between men remained unclear. Formal recommendations on circumcision are due out from the CDC next year. |