Benefits Of Circumcision Exceed Risks 100 To 1
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 00:40
in Health & Medicine
Like everything else in science and medicine, there is modern controversy about circumcision. In the United States the rate of circumcision is around 81%. A paper in Mayo Clinic Proceedings finds that the benefits of infant male circumcision to health exceed the risks by over 100 to 1. Brian Morris, Professor Emeritus in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Sydney and his colleagues in Florida and Minnesota found that over their lifetime half of uncircumcised males will contract an adverse medical condition caused by their foreskin. The findings add considerable weight to the latest American Academy of Pediatrics policy that supports education and access for infant male circumcision. read more