I didn't even know you were Jewish
Posted on 04/03/2014 9:05:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A new medical review published by Mayo Clinic makes the strongest case yet for cirumcision. Is it time to take the decision out of parents’ hands and make the procedure mandatory?
The choice of whether to circumcise one’s son—a decision both aided and hindered by a deluge of readily available information on the Internet—is an increasingly fraught one for parents. A quick Google search for “Should I circumcise my baby?” retrieves millions of articles, blogs, and academic papers all weighing in on the risks and rewards associated with the surgical removal of a newborn’s foreskin. Now, a new review published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings claims the health benefits of circumcision exceed any risks by at least 100 to 1.
The review’s outspoken lead author, Brian J. Morris, a circumcision advocate and Professor Emeritus at The University of Sydney, Australia, hopes this new data will silence the debate once and for all. It’s Morris’ provocative position that infant circumcision contributes to overall public health in the same way that vaccines do, and should be equivalent to childhood vaccinations. And as such, he says, it’s unethical for doctors not to routinely offer it to parents.
“Each have a major population level benefit, but carry a risk that affects a very small proportion of individuals who receive the intervention. There are also extremely rarely deaths from each,” he told The Daily Beast via email. Moreover, “a vaccine is highly specific, whereas the protective effects of circumcision cover a wide array of medical conditions.”
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apples & oranges...
(or, bananas & oranges - take your pick...)
Removal of the testicles will 100% prevent testicular cancer.
I’d rather have the extra skin on my pecker. Besides, don’t you get aroused every time you tug at your earlobe ?
That’s why Joe Biden will never get brain cancer.
go for the Johnny Carson ‘frontier bris’..
And where the owner decides to put it.
Lol!
Not really, as the breasts have a major function that the foreskin does not. Circumcision doesn’t prevent pleasure or reproduction.
Yes, American males have a far higher rate of it than European males. The Nazi’s often made a suspected Jewish child pull down their pants so they could see if they were circumcised.
from the misc posts here on fr over the years, the adults who had this done report the cutting off of nerve endings did change matters in the feeling department.
lol, think of every crotch hit on tv...
I wonder if this study is more about malpractice avoidance than substantive science.
No, but God did.
I didn't even know you were Jewish
If it is so great then why do we not circumcise our cats, dogs and horses?
No need to. Cats, dogs and horses keep themselves clean.
I can’t dispute that, but circumcision done as an infant is different. One cannot miss what one never had.
I made it through two sentences. I couldn't go any further after reading that asinine question.
100 to 1? That is just the tip of the iceberg.
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