Circumcising men cuts their risk of being infected with the AIDS virus in half, and could prevent hundreds of thousands or even millions of new infections, researchers say.
Circumcising men worked so well that the researchers stopped two large clinical trials in Kenya and Uganda to announce the results today, although they cautioned that the procedure does not make men immune to the virus.
Public health leaders hailed the results as pointing to a potentially powerful way to reduce HIV infections in Africa, the continent hardest hit by AIDS.
The director of the World Health Organisation's Department of HIV/AIDS told reporters:
"It does have the potential to prevent many tens of thousands, many hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of infections over coming years."
Yup, he's a big advocate for circumcision, Dr. Kevin De Cock.
*Giggles immaturely*
UPDATE: In a similar vein, someone found their way to this blog today by googling, wait for it, "Airwolf penis".
I have not the words.
