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March 30th, 2008, 15:18
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-circumcision31mar31,1,5610029,full.story
A sample:
^^...Last year, the {AAP} formed a task force to study the matter further in light of the new data. Freedman and Diekema sit on that task force, and say the refreshed guidelines should be out next year. ^^
Here's what the article gives from Freedman:
^^ In the first year of life, 1 in 100 uncircumcised boys will develop a urinary tract infection. Only 1 in 1,000 circumcised boys will. "While that's a tenfold reduction, you have to keep in mind that the risk was only 1% to begin with," says Dr. Andrew Freedman, pediatric urologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Proper hygiene can prevent most infections. ^^
That's almost pro-intact!
Here's what the article gives from Diekema:
^^ Dr. Doug Diekema, pediatrician at Seattle Children's Hospital, where he's chairman of the academic committee on bioethics, says today's climate makes parents think harder about this decision.
"The fact that circumcision is an even split these days is not a bad thing," he says. "If there are not religious beliefs, then parents really are left with the primary question of whether circumcision offers another benefit. The data are not compelling in either direction.
"The social pressure parents faced before to circumcise their sons was not the best reason to do it." ^^
We could have worse people re-writing AAP policy.
-Ron Low
TLCTugger.com
A sample:
^^...Last year, the {AAP} formed a task force to study the matter further in light of the new data. Freedman and Diekema sit on that task force, and say the refreshed guidelines should be out next year. ^^
Here's what the article gives from Freedman:
^^ In the first year of life, 1 in 100 uncircumcised boys will develop a urinary tract infection. Only 1 in 1,000 circumcised boys will. "While that's a tenfold reduction, you have to keep in mind that the risk was only 1% to begin with," says Dr. Andrew Freedman, pediatric urologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Proper hygiene can prevent most infections. ^^
That's almost pro-intact!
Here's what the article gives from Diekema:
^^ Dr. Doug Diekema, pediatrician at Seattle Children's Hospital, where he's chairman of the academic committee on bioethics, says today's climate makes parents think harder about this decision.
"The fact that circumcision is an even split these days is not a bad thing," he says. "If there are not religious beliefs, then parents really are left with the primary question of whether circumcision offers another benefit. The data are not compelling in either direction.
"The social pressure parents faced before to circumcise their sons was not the best reason to do it." ^^
We could have worse people re-writing AAP policy.
-Ron Low
TLCTugger.com