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xnikki118x

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circumcision reduces HIV risk
« on: February 27, 2007, 02:25:38 AM »
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/1500AP_AIDS_Circumcision.html

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Friday, February 23, 2007 · Last updated 12:39 a.m. PT

Studies: Circumcision reduces HIV risk

By MARIA CHENG
AP MEDICAL WRITER

LONDON -- In an "extraordinary development" in the fight against AIDS, a medical journal article published Friday says that conclusive data shows there is no question circumcision reduces men's chances of catching HIV by up to 60 percent.

The question now is how to put that fact to work to combat AIDS across Africa.

The findings were first announced in December, when initial results from two major trials - in Kenya and Uganda - showed promising links between circumcision and HIV transmission. However, those trials were deemed so definitive that the tests were halted early.

The full data from the trials, carried out by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, were published Friday in The Lancet.

"This is an extraordinary development," said Dr. Kevin de Cock, director of the World Health Organization's AIDS department. "Circumcision is the most potent intervention in HIV prevention that has been described."

Circumcision has long been suspected of reducing men's susceptibility to HIV infection because the cells in the foreskin of the penis are especially vulnerable to the virus.

A modeling study last year projected that in the next decade, male circumcision could prevent 2 million AIDS infections and 300,000 deaths. Last year, 2.8 million people in sub-Saharan Africa became infected with HIV, and 2.1 million people died.

Experts say the breakthrough's significance is on par with the identification of the virus and the use of lifesaving combination drug therapy.

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The two U.S. studies confirm similar results from an earlier trial in South Africa.

But experts warn that solid evidence is not justification for mass circumcisions, noting that African health systems are already overburdened, and circumcision requires more planning than, for example, an immunization campaign.

"It's a tricky one, but it's something we're going to have to move on," said Dr. Catherine Hankins, a scientific adviser at UNAIDS. "Male circumcision is such a sensitive religious and cultural issue that we need to be careful."

Several African countries have met with U.N. agencies to explore strategies for increasing circumcision.

Together with the United Nations AIDS agency, WHO is convening a meeting in Switzerland in March to evaluate the data and decide the next steps in slowing the AIDS pandemic.

In the Kenyan study, 1,391 circumcised men were compared to 1,393 who were not. And in Uganda, 2,474 circumcised men were compared to 2,522 men who were not. Scientists tracked the men for two years and found that those who were circumcised were 51-60 percent less likely to contract HIV.


There ya go, guys. Cut it up and wrap it up if you're gonna sleep with a dirty girl, and you'll greatly reduce your chances of getting the AIDS!
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mikesphat

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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2007, 02:29:42 AM »
can i touch you? nikki?
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MrAngryFace

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« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2007, 02:30:38 AM »
lol, im waiting for someone to yell CONSPIRACY or some shit lol
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Phoenix Dark

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« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2007, 02:30:57 AM »
lol watch this get locked on GAF
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xnikki118x

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« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2007, 02:34:26 AM »
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 27, 2007, 02:30:57 AM
lol watch this get locked on GAF

I don't post at GAF?



Quote from: mikesphat on February 27, 2007, 02:29:42 AM
can i touch you? nikki?

For how much? ;)
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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2007, 02:36:56 AM »
« Last Edit: February 27, 2007, 02:38:53 AM by mikesphat »
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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2007, 02:42:45 AM »
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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2007, 02:43:53 AM »
Quote from: xnikki118x on February 27, 2007, 02:42:45 AM
Quote from: mikesphat on February 27, 2007, 02:36:56 AM



Quote from: mikesphat on February 27, 2007, 02:29:42 AM
can i touch you? nikki?

Quote from: xnikki118x on February 27, 2007, 02:29:42 AM
For how much? ;)

about tree fitty!

I'll think about it!

pfffffffttttttttt... you won't think about it at all.

AND I WON'T CUT MYSELF YOU AMERICAN WOMAN!
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mikesphat

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« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2007, 02:44:23 AM »
 :lol youre a great girl nikki... id be lucky to land a jewel such as yourself :)
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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2007, 02:54:44 AM »
Quote from: mikesphat on February 27, 2007, 02:29:42 AM
can i touch you? nikki?

stay away from my woman! :gun
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Ichirou

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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2007, 03:25:44 AM »
Or you could just not sleep with someone without using a condom, or abstain from casual sex and only sleep with someone you're in a relationship with after you've both been tested...better options than mutilating your body.
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« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2007, 03:27:19 AM »
Quote from: Ichirou on February 27, 2007, 03:25:44 AM
Or you could just not sleep with someone without using a condom, or abstain from casual sex and only sleep with someone you're in a relationship with after you've both been tested...better options than mutilating your body.

You just say that because you like your dick cheese.
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« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2007, 03:28:14 AM »
60%??? Is that going to let you sleep at night after you put it in an african whore?
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TVC15

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« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2007, 03:35:03 AM »
It's bunk.  Every few years a new study comes out that says the opposite of the previous.  Just like the whole eggs/coffee/whatever are good/bad/ugly for you thing.  Fact is that if there is a benefit (or a detractor) it is miniscule, or else someone would've noticed that a lot of uncircumcised men in America have AIDS in comparison to the percentage of the population they make up.  Classify this one under junk science.

How can I confirm this is bunk?

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The full data from the trials, carried out by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, were published Friday in The Lancet.

They've always supported circumcision.  Their study is, at best, slanted.
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Phoenix Dark

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« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2007, 03:36:34 AM »
TVC are you doubting science??!?
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TVC15

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« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2007, 03:38:18 AM »
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 27, 2007, 03:36:34 AM
TVC are you doubting science??!?

Without knowing the details, NIH has produced slanted studies on circumcision before.  They are worthy of doubt.
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Ichirou

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« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2007, 03:43:46 AM »
Quote from: Ecrofirt on February 27, 2007, 03:27:19 AM
Quote from: Ichirou on February 27, 2007, 03:25:44 AM
Or you could just not sleep with someone without using a condom, or abstain from casual sex and only sleep with someone you're in a relationship with after you've both been tested...better options than mutilating your body.

You just say that because you like your dick cheese.

I prefer to call it by its scientific name, "smegma."  :spin
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Phoenix Dark

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« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2007, 03:47:43 AM »
Filthy bastards


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Ichirou

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« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2007, 03:49:59 AM »
That's Kevin Federline dressed up as Jesus in the bottom left!
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TVC15

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« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2007, 03:50:08 AM »
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 27, 2007, 03:47:43 AM
Filthy bastards

(Image removed from quote.)
 :bow

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Ichirou

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« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2007, 03:55:52 AM »
As a wise GAFfer once said, "I have a foreskin, yet I do not have AIDS."
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« Reply #21 on: February 27, 2007, 03:57:08 AM »
Im gonna puke... litre wine... lots og ginasdsaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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TVC15

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« Reply #22 on: February 27, 2007, 04:00:05 AM »
Malek I want you to throw up on my crotch.
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« Reply #23 on: February 27, 2007, 04:01:23 AM »
Quote from: TVC 15 on February 27, 2007, 04:00:05 AM
Malek I want you to throw up on my crotch.

as long as it's out of my system...

I really don't know how I'm still typing at this point.
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