Tuesday, January 19, 2010
They have been cutting them for thousands of years
And the medical profession still does not know for sure if the procedure is of any value. I am referring to the unkindest cut of all, circumcision.
Circumcision, long one of the most emotionally charged surgical procedures performed in the United States, has become the focus of yet another intense debate as leading health authorities are about to issue major new evaluations of the potential health benefits of the operation.It is doubtful that the recommendations of either group will change many minds. Perhaps what we need is some kind of Whole Dick Society to take over advocating for babies after birth when the Right to Lifers give up caring.
The war of words over the procedure has been sparked by a decision by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue recommendations for the first time about whether newborn boys and possibly even adult men should undergo the common surgical procedure, just as the American Academy of Pediatrics is poised to revise its position of not recommending the operation.
The two evaluations, which are nearing completion, come in the wake of new research indicating that the procedure has more health benefits than previously thought, including reducing the risk for getting the AIDS virus and contracting other sexually transmitted diseases.
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Neither the CDC nor the AAP have ever recommended infant circumcision. Some people who have monetary $$$ reasons to support it are trying to get these groups to recommend circumcision but the rest of the advanced world actually recommends against it. So that would look bad for the CDC or AAP.
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