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Article: It protects men (and women) against fatal diseases and sexual infections. So, should all boys be circumcised?(Features)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- July 14, 2009
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Byline: ALEX RENTON
THERE is a simple, 15-minute surgical procedure that will ensure your baby boy is ten times less likely to get urinary tract infections. When he grows up, he'll also be less likely to contract a whole range of sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis, genital warts, herpes and HIV-Aids.
He'll be much less likely to develop penile cancer or kidney problems (because he didn't suffer those urinary tract infections as a child). Furthermore, his partner is four times less likely to get cervical cancer.
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