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NZAF casts doubt on circumcision "study"
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
A local study indicating circumcision reduces risk of STD’s has been challenged by the NZAF’s Positive Health Manager.
Research carried out by the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences suggests circumcised males are less likely than their uncircumcised peers to acquire a sexually transmitted infection.
“Before you start thinking that this study is really good, exploring something really new, it’s way too early to make any serious conclusions about it,” says Eamonn Smythe, National Positive Health Manager for the New Zealand AIDS Foundation.
“It’s a ‘phase one’ trial that involves five people. To be honest, it may only get interesting in three to five years from now, if more people are studied,” explains Smythe.
A handful of previous studies on the topic have been released internationally, but Smythe is not aware of any statistically significant research anywhere.
New Zealand has one of the world's lowest rates of circumcision – only around 20% of kiwi men are circumcised.
http://www.gaynz.com/news/default.as...cle&artid=3947
NZAF casts doubt on circumcision "study"
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
A local study indicating circumcision reduces risk of STD’s has been challenged by the NZAF’s Positive Health Manager.
Research carried out by the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences suggests circumcised males are less likely than their uncircumcised peers to acquire a sexually transmitted infection.
“Before you start thinking that this study is really good, exploring something really new, it’s way too early to make any serious conclusions about it,” says Eamonn Smythe, National Positive Health Manager for the New Zealand AIDS Foundation.
“It’s a ‘phase one’ trial that involves five people. To be honest, it may only get interesting in three to five years from now, if more people are studied,” explains Smythe.
A handful of previous studies on the topic have been released internationally, but Smythe is not aware of any statistically significant research anywhere.
New Zealand has one of the world's lowest rates of circumcision – only around 20% of kiwi men are circumcised.
