Little HIV protection from circumcision for gay sex: study

[Blue2]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Circumcision, which has been found to reduce by about one-half the transmission of HIV between heterosexuals, appears to offer far less protection for men engaging in homosexual intercourse, according to a new study.

The research published in the October 8 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association compiled 15 discrete studies of more than 50,000 male subjects in Africa.

 

The report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that male circumcision appears to reduce by between 50 and 60 percent the likelihood of female-to-male transmission of the potentially deadly AIDS virus.

 

But among men who report having male sexual partners, researchers found little difference in the rate of HIV infection between those who were circumcised and those who were not.

 

Of 53,567 subjects in the study, 52 percent were circumcised, meaning that they had had all or some of the foreskin removed from the penis.

 

The study's authors wrote that circumcision appears to provide "not statistically significant" protection from HIV in men who engage in anal sex with other men. The researchers said however that more research may be necessary to quantify the amount of protection -- or lack thereof -- provided by circumcision.

 

That view was echoed in an editorial that accompanied the article. A team of peer reviewers from Vanderbilt University concluded that "circumcision would likely be insufficiently efficient to be universally effective in reducing HIV risk, and will have to be combined with other prevention modalities to have a substantial and sustained prevention effect."

 

The findings did suggest however, that male circumcision may offer men engaging in heterosexual intercourse some protection against sexually-transmitted infections, such as syphilis or chlamydia.

 

 

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081008/tts-...ay-972e412.html

[Damienic]

I read some online articles that circumcision does not really have much effects when it comes to reducing the risk of HIV or STDs even for hetero couples...

[Blue2]

hmm...depend lor....

best protection is still use protection...

Where is Bro Altivo

 

or abstain

[Damienic]

But some people dun like to use protection claiming it reduces pleasure for both parties..

[Blue2]

is it??? tot only reduce pleasure for guy

 

circumcise to reduce by 50% lor

if guys 1 2 have more pleasure...

[Mzrmazda3]

The findings did suggest however, that male circumcision may offer men engaging in heterosexual intercourse some protection against sexually-transmitted infections, such as syphilis or chlamydia.

 

That's great news for Ah Gays ...

Edited October 8, 2008 by Mzrmazda3

[Damienic]

erm...a gal I know told me she dun like bf wearing con**m cos she feel the rubber more than she feel that thing...

[Zanter]

You dont have to tell her that la. She "pro" alrdy

[Mzrmazda3]

The birdie must be pretty small

 

Jus joking niah Bro, no offence

Edited October 8, 2008 by Mzrmazda3

[Blue2]

Circumcision, which has been found to reduce by about one-half the transmission of HIV between heterosexuals, appears to offer far less protection for men engaging in homosexual intercourse, according to a new study.

 

Heterosexual is between + and - leh...

opposite sex leh...

 

 

so better news for straights...

Edited October 8, 2008 by Blue2

[Mzrmazda3]

My Ang Moh really no good ...

 

Remember i told you all yesterday

[Blue2]

hmm...like that could be the rubber bigger than his tools lah...

 

ask the bf to buy super thin or the ultra sensitive type....

[Blue2]

[Mzrmazda3]

Don't wear the best lah ...

 

Wanna Song aka Happy then Song aka Happy all the way mah

Edited October 8, 2008 by Mzrmazda3

[Blue2]

me oso not sure lah...

just look up to confirm...

 

English speaking campain is working ah

[Blue2]

no lah...

1 2 song and 1 2 reduce risk...

go circumcise first

[Mzrmazda3]

I have already done that

[Maxus-MIFA9]

U worried your bf 'skin' had not been remove iszit.......

 

force him to go lar.....