Intact America, part 3
In the ongoing inter-blog discussion about Intact America's advertisement, Tony at RollingDoughnut.com has responded to my response. Tony and I have clearly both spent considerable time thinking about...
View ArticleAcceptability of circumcision
Back in 2007, Westercamp and Bailey published an interesting review of studies of the acceptability of circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa. Among thirteen studies, they found that "the median proportion...
View ArticleIntact America, part 4
Tony has responded to my most recent post in our ongoing discussion.Let me address some of his points.Rather, I believe that he is effectively a pro-circumcision advocate because he views his...
View ArticleTwo new studies assessing the impact of circumcision against genital herpes
PubMed offers what they call an "alert" facility. It allows you to save a search, and then PubMed will automatically notify you once new entries match that search. It's wonderfully convenient, and...
View ArticleCost-effectiveness of newborn circumcision in reducing lifetime HIV risk...
Here is a fascinating study by researchers from the CDC. Using data from randomised controlled trials, they modelled the effect of neonatal circumcision on lifetime risk of HIV in the United States.The...
View ArticleThe Effects of Circumcision on the Penis Microbiome
Here is an interesting study. Using men from the intervention arm of the Ugandan RCT, the researchers studied the microbiological flora of the penis before and after circumcision.The researchers found...
View ArticleDeliberate distortion from anti-circumcision activist
I spent some time trying to decide whether I should post this. It was a difficult decision for me. On one hand, what follows is part of a message to a private mailing list, and those posting to such...
View ArticleCDC consultation report
Male Circumcision in the United States for the Prevention of HIV Infection and Other Adverse Health Outcomes: Report from a CDC Consultation has now been published.It is a lengthy document, worth...
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Oh dear: Christiane Northrup on circumcision
Christiane Northrup's article entitled "We Need To Stop Circumcision" has already received some criticismfrom other bloggers. I thought I'd add my own thoughts...In the weeks ahead, the Centers for...
View ArticleCircumcision and human rights
This is a fascinating article from UNAIDS, entitled "Safe, Voluntary, Informed Male Circumcision and Comprehensive HIV Prevention Programming: Guidance for decision-makers on human rights, ethical and...
View Article20 reasons revisited
SagaciousMama has posted an article entitled 20 Reasons I Did Not Circumcise My Son.Now I'm supportive of parents who choose not to circumcise, as well as those who do, but this article is alarmingly...
View ArticleFatally flawed: Bollinger's circumcision death calculations
Dan Bollinger (of the International Coalition for Genital Integrity) has published "LOST BOYS: AN ESTIMATE OF U.S. CIRCUMCISION-RELATED INFANT DEATHS". In it, he claims that circumcision causes 117...
View ArticleReduced risk of sexual injuries in circumcised males
Yet another piggyback study using data from the HIV RCTs has been published. In this newly published study, using data gathered as part of the Kenyan trial, Mehta et al. report reduced risk of "penile...
View ArticleAttitudes re circumcision in Africa
This newly-published page shows the results of a set of Gallup surveys in a number of African countries.They found that attitudes varied by country. The percentage who agreed with "male circumcision...
View ArticleCircumcision, HPV, and HIV
After a period of relative quiet, I found two interesting new studies in my PubMed alert this morning.First, Wawer et al. published Effect of circumcision of HIV-negative men on transmission of human...
View ArticleThe penis and sexual pleasure
Now this is an interesting study: "Self-ratings of genital anatomy, sexual sensitivity and function in men using the 'Self-Assessment of Genital Anatomy and Sexual Function, Male' questionnaire"...
View ArticlePhimosis, redundant prepuce, and mental health
Just a short post.An interesting new study by Yang et al. reveals news that shouldn't be terribly surprising: "Patients with redundant prepuce or phimosis have poor mental health, and there is an...
View ArticleAnalysis of the Barefoot Intactivist's claims
A man calling himself the "Barefoot Intactivist" (BI from here onwards) has posted a "Response To Gordon Haber's Justification Of Child Genital Cutting".It's predictably awful. I thought I'd share my...
View ArticleThe so-called "lost list"
Although less prominent these days, I still find that people occasionally cite the "lost list", seemingly unaware of its inaccuracies. For those unfamiliar with it, this is a list of structures or...
View ArticleSexual satisfaction & circumcision: latest from IAS 2011
The International AIDS Society's 2011 meeting has now concluded, and — as is often the case these days — there some interesting presentations.Of particular interest are two abstracts: Breda and...
View ArticleDebunking another "myths" article
Anti-circumcision authors seem to have a curious knack for writing articles that purportedly expose myths about circumcision while actually containing a number of incorrect statements. This is no...
View ArticleDebunking more "myths"
Earlier today I posted a rebuttal to the first part of a "myths" article. The second part has also been posted, and is just as bad. Let's dissect it:I'm going to skip the first two items ("You have to...
View ArticleDebunking myths, part 3
Cannon and Bollinger have released part 3 of their series of "myths" articles. As with previous parts, I'm analysing them here.We'll skip the first three ("You have to circumcise the baby so that he...
View ArticleRebuttal to part 4...
Darcia Narvaez has posted part 4 of Cannon's series of articles about circumcision. Let's dive in.No medical association in the world recommends routine infant circumcision. None.Technically true, but...
View ArticleCircumcision and prostate cancer
The journal Cancer has published a new study by Wright et al., entitled "Circumcision and the risk of prostate cancer".It's an interesting read. It's a case-control study, with 1754 cases and 1645...
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