AAP Releases Circumcision Policy Statement

Published 18 months ago

The American Academy of Pediatrics says: Role of Hygiene - "there is little evidence to affirm the association between circumcision status and optimum penile hygiene." STDs including HIV - "behavioral factors appear to be far... more

The American Academy of Pediatrics says: Role of Hygiene - "there is little evidence to affirm the association between circumcision status and optimum penile hygiene." STDs including HIV - "behavioral factors appear to be far more important than circumcision status." Penile Cancer - "in a developed country such as the United States, penile cancer is a rare disease and the risk of penile cancer developing in an uncircumcised man, although increased compared with a circumcised man, is low." If you want, you can read the full AAP policy here: http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap1999/ less

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