Windows XP SP2 - Circumcision & Venereal diseases - STD

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Has anyone out there seen a report by jewish professor of medicine & computing who said that circumcision can help avoid all forms of diseases including cancer? If so can you post the link here.

I am using Windows XP SP2 (I bought it legally) and I support Microsoft, Bill Gates and their money making tactics.

Thanks

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John Stokdyk wrote:
> Has anyone out there seen a report by jewish professor of medicine & computing who said that circumcision can help avoid all forms of diseases including cancer? If so can you post the link here.
>
> I am using Windows XP SP2 (I bought it legally) and I support Microsoft, Bill Gates and their money making tactics.
>
> Thanks

Not sure which exactly but this one is hot off the press and concludes:

"Male circumcision is equivalent to a vaccine with a 63% efficacy."


Impact of male circumcision on the female-to-male transmission of HIV

Auvert B., Puren A., Taljaard D., Lagarde E., Sitta R., Tambekou J.


Introduction: Observational studies suggest that male circumcision
could protect against HIV-1 acquisition. A randomized control
intervention trial to test this hypothesis was performed in sub-Saharan
Africa with a high prevalence of HIV and where the mode of transmission
is through sexual contact.


Methods: 3273 uncircumcised men, aged 18-24 and wishing to be
circumcised, were randomized in a control and intervention group. Men
were followed for 21 months with an inclusion visit and follow-up
visits at month 3, 12 and 21. Male circumcision was offered to the
intervention group just after randomization and to the control group at
the end of 21 month follow-up visit. Male circumcisions were performed
by medical doctors. At each visit, sexual behavior was assessed by a
questionnaire and a blood sample was taken for HIV serology. These
grouped censored data were analyzed in an "intention to prevent"
univariate and multivariate analysis using the piecewise survival
model, and relative risk (RR) of HIV infection with 95% confidence
interval (95% CI) was determined.


Results: Loss to follow-up was <11%; <1% of the intervention group were
not circumcised and < 2% of the control group were circumcised during
the follow-up. We observed 45 HIV infections in the control group and
15 in the intervention group, RR=2.77 (95% CI: 1.56 - 4.91;
p=0.0005). When controlling for sexual behavior, including condom use
and health seeking behavior, the RR was unchanged: RR=2.93 (p=0.0003).


Conclusions: Male circumcision provides a high degree of protection
against HIV infection acquisition. Male circumcision is equivalent to a
vaccine with a 63% efficacy. The promotion of male circumcision in
uncircumcised males will reduce HIV incidence among men and indirectly
will protect females and children from HIV infection. Male circumcision
must be recognized as an important means to fight the spread of HIV
infection and the international community must mobilize to promote it.

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