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Article: Male circumcision, reduced AIDS risk linked
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- December 14, 2006
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LAURAN NEERGAARD, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-14-2006
Male circumcision, reduced AIDS risk linked -- U.S. study shows infection rate can drop by half
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 12-14-2006, Thursday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
WASHINGTON — Circumcising adult men may reduce by half their risk of getting the AIDS virus through heterosexual intercourse, the U.S. government announced Wednesday, as it shut down two studies in Africa testing the link.
The National Institutes of Health closed the studies in Kenya and Uganda early, when safety monitors took a look at initial results this week and spotted the protection. The studies' ...