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Male circumcision cuts HIV transmission

Should adult men in areas rife with unprotected sex and AIDS be encouraged to go under the knife?
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  • Wednesday, December 13, 2006 06:53 PM

    Chanukah

    Betcha didn't know that circumcision is one of the major reasons for the season! The Syrian-Greeks in charge of Judea at the time banned some Jewish religious practices; chief among them was the Covenant of Abraham, Bris Milah, circumcision. The Chashmonayim family got so fed up they led the revolt that kicked the Greeks out.

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