ANyone want to let them know

[Ilaria]

an ACCURATE definition of circ?!?!?!? :

http://www.babynames.com.au/glossary-of-terms.htm

[Frankly Speaking]

Okay, let's agree on what the correct definition is and then send it to them with a link to this thread. Here's what I propose:

What they said:

Circumcision
Removal of the prepuce or foreskin covering the penis. There has been a lot of controversy about this procedure in the past few years. Some believe that it is medically beneficial while others disagree. There are repeated studies showing that urinary tract infections are less common in circumcised boys. However, urinary tract infections are relatively rare in boys anyway. There have also been studies of sexual function in circumcised and uncircumcised males with very few differences found between the two groups. In some populations, circumcision reduces the risk of contracting AIDS. Penile cancer (also a very rare disease) is also less common among circumcised men.

What I propose: (changes in purple)

]Circumcision
Removal of the prepuce or foreskin covering the penis. There has been a lot of controversy about this procedure in the past few years. All medical associations world wide agree that there is no conclusive medical benefit and that today the procedure is done for cosmetic or religious reasons only. There are repeated studies showing that urinary tract infections are less common in circumcised boys. However, urinary tract infections are relatively rare in boys anyway and in all but one study the difference was less than 1%. After one year of age, the differential disappears. This may be because premature boys are less likely to be circumcised and premies are at an acknowledged higher risk of urinary tract infections. There have also been studies of sexual function in circumcised and uncircumcised males with very few differences found between the two groups. However, it has been asserted that these studies have serious methodological flaws. Many men circumcised as adults and men who non-surgically restore their foreskins generally disagree with any study that says there is no sexual effect. There are also some studies that implicate infant circumcision in middle age impotency. In some populations, circumcision appears to very slightly reduce the risk of contracting AIDS. However, serious questions about this research have been raised and safe sex practices have a far more substantial effect on the reduction of transmission of AIDS. Circumcision should be considered as having no prophylactic effect. Penile cancer (also a very rare disease) has been long implicated as a risk of not circumcising. However, The American Cancer Society has said that circumcision is not a prophylaxis for penile cancer and countries where circumcision is practically unknown experience significantly lower rates of penile cancer than the US.

It appears that infant circumcision is a dying cultural phenomena in The US. Since 1991, the infant circumcision rate has dropped from 92% to about 50% (estimated) for the year 2005 as more and more parents choose to forego the procedure.

Please suggest any changes!




Frank

[Acksiom]

Originally Posted by Frankly Speaking

Please suggest any changes!

Change 'Removal' to 'Amputation'.

Insert 'national' between "All" and "medical organizations"

Change "However, it has been asserted that these studies have serious methodological flaws" to "However, these studies have been criticized for their serious methodological flaws."

Change "Many men circumcised as adults and men who non-surgically restore their foreskins generally disagree with any study that says there is no sexual effect" to "Many men circumcised as adults generally disagree with any study which concludes there is no sexual effect, and men who non-surgically restore their foreskins almost universally disagree with such."

After sentence ending in "impotency", add a reference to the TL&T BJU paper and its findings.

Before "It appears that infant circumcision is a dying cultural phenomena in The US" insert "Approximately 75% of the world's men are intact, and the populations of most industrialized nations generally consider circumcision to be as primitive and barbaric a practice as female genital mutilation."

Change "It appears that infant circumcision is a dying cultural phenomena in The US" to "Even in the USA the rate of circumcision has decreased steadily since the 1990s, and is now expected to drop below 50% well before the end of the decade. So far, thirteen states have removed routine circumcision from their medical welfare programs' coverage, usually due to having correctly reclassified it as an ineligible non-medical vanity procedure."