CDC: Circumcision Benefits Outweigh Risks
U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports having the procedure done and health insurers should pay for it.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines stop short of telling parent to get their newborn sons circumcised. That is a personal decision that may involve religious or cultural preferences, said the CDC’s Dr. Jonathan Mermin.
But “the scientific evidence is clear that the benefits outweigh the risks,” added Mermin, who oversees the agency’s programs on HIV and other STDs.
These are the first federal guidelines on circumcision. Germs can grow underneath the foreskin, and CDC officials say the procedure can lower a male’s risk of STDs, cancer and even urinary tract infections.
Chossid
[with Hashems help we overcame the ban] i was Just wondering, if is this related in anyway to the ban, issue (onBris Millah)
?
don't think so
That has to do with mezitza bal peh (sp??) but it should make de Blasio think again before banning bris milah.
Guessing.......
“medical evidence supports having the procedure done and health insurers should pay for it.”
I’m assuming they wouldn’t cover the costs of a traditional Mohel?
non-gender
But again, those who believe in nanny government such as Bloomberg and DeBlasie and other anti bris groups will not accept this report and still push to ban the bris for the basic reasons this reports contradicts
truth
it doesn’t mean “Metzitza” unless it says it.
They are talking about the general risks of cutting a sensitive area. (loshen nekia).
“opposition to the procedure grew from advocates who decried the pain, bleeding and risk of infections to newborns.”