LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Circumcision not only protects against HIV in heterosexual men, but it also helps prevent two other sexually transmitted infections, a large new study found.
Circumcised males reduced their risk of infection with HPV, or human papillomavirus, by 35 percent and herpes by 28 percent.
However, researchers found circumcision had no effect on the transmission of syphilis....
Study: Male circumcision helps prevent 2 STDsCourtesy Headlines from the Associated Press Wed, 03/25/2009 - 15:51
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